Thaumatopsis pexellus

Thaumatopsis pexellus, the woolly grass-veneer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1863. It is found in most of North America. The habitat consists of grasslands.

Thaumatopsis pexellus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Thaumatopsis
Species:
T. pexellus
Binomial name
Thaumatopsis pexellus
(Zeller, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Crambus pexellus Zeller, 1863
  • Crambus macropterellus Zeller, 1863
  • Thaumatopsis longipalpus Morrison, 1874
  • Ubida pexellus strictalis Dyar, 1914
  • Thaumatopsis idion Dyar, 1919
  • Thaumatopsis pexella

The wingspan is 21–32 mm. Adults are on wing from July to early September in most of the range.

The larvae feed on various grasses.

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