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Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (tropical sod webworm)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Herpetogramma phaeopteralis, the dusky herpetogramma or tropical sod webworm, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Guenée in 1854. It is found in the United States (from South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas), Central America and South America, on the Andamans, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, La Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Saint Helena, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Gambia, Yemen and Zambia.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  0.787 inches (.02 m)

Prey / Diet

Agropogon robinsonii (carpet bentgrass)[1]
Eremochloa ophiuroides (centipede grass)[1]
Paspalum notatum (Bahia grass)[1]
Stenotaphrum secundatum (St. Augustine grass)[1]
Zoysia japonica (Korean lawngrass)[1]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Herpetogramma phaeopteralis Guenée (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae), Nastaran Tofangsazi, University of California, Riverside, Steven P. Arthurs and Ronald H. Cherry, University of Florida, October 2012. Latest Revision: September 2015
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0