Family Crambidae

Tropical Sod Webworm Herpetogramma phaeopteralis Guenée (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Nastaran Tofangsazi and Steven P. Arthurs

Waterlily Leafcutter, Elophila obliteralis (Walker) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Acentropinae)

Dale H. Habeck, James P. Cuda and Emma N.I. Weeks

The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids, and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences.

European Pepper Moth or Southern European Marsh Pyralid Duponchelia fovealis (Zeller)

Stephanie D. Stocks and Amanda Hodges

Erythrina moths Terastia meticulosalis Guenée and Agathodes designalis Guenée

Andrei Sourakov

A UF/IFAS numbered Organism ID. in support of UF/IFAS Extension program: Integrated Pest Management

Hydrilla Leafcutter Moth (unofficial common name) Parapoynx diminutalis Snellen (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Julie Baniszewski, Emma N.I. Weeks, James P. Cuda, and Carey Minteer

The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids, and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences.

Olive Shootworm, Palpita persimilis Munroe (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

James E. Hayden and Lyle J. Buss

A UF/IFAS numbered Organism ID. in support of UF/IFAS Extension program: Integrated Pest Management

Grape Leaffolder, Desmia funeralis (Hübner) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Oscar E. Liburd, F. W. Mead, Susan E. Webb, and Elena M. Rhodes

The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids, and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences.

Striped Sod Webworm (Larva), Changeable Grass-Veneer (Adult) Fissicrambus mutabilis (Clemens) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Anthony Coffey and Eileen Buss

The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids, and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences. This publication describes the striped sod webworm, a turfgrass pest that also damages wheat and corn. The publication describes the pest's morphology, natural history, and range in the United States; lists potential host plants and damage the pest can cause; and provides advice on management strategies.

Lygodium Defoliator Moth (suggested) Neomusotima conspurcatalis (Warren) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Kristen Bowers, Melissa Smith, and Carey Minteer

The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences.

Stem Borers (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Florida Rice

Julien M. Beuzelin, Erik L. Roldán, Ronald H. Cherry, and Matthew T. VanWeelden

Three stem borers, the sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis (F.), rice stalk borer, Chilo plejadellus Zincken, and Mexican rice borer, Eoreuma loftini (Dyar), infest rice in the southern United States. They occur in Florida, with the Mexican rice borer being an invasive species recently introduced into the state. This publication briefly describes stem borers and sampling methods and reports results of the first extensive survey conducted to measure their occurrence in Florida rice.

Chalcoela Moths: Pegasus Chalcoela, Chalcoela pegasalis Walker and Sooty-Wing Chalcoela, Chalcoela iphitalis Walker (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Vera Miskimen and Andrei Sourakov

This publication describes chalcoela moths, unusual predatory moths that occur across North America and the Caribbean. These moths are predators of paper wasps. They lay their eggs in wasp nests on wasp larvae and pupae. Immature moths spend all of their developmental stages inside paper wasp nests feeding on wasp larvae and pupae before pupating, themselves.