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| Fissicrambus mutabilis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Fissicrambus |
| Species: | F. mutabilis
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| Fissicrambus mutabilis | |
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Fissicrambus mutabilis, the changeable grass-veneer or striped sod webworm, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is found from Quebec to Florida, west to Texas and Illinois and north to Ontario.[2]
The wingspan is about 17 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on various grasses. Partly grown larvae overwinter.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fissicrambus mutabilis.
- ^ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ "Bug Guide". Bug Guide. Retrieved 2011-10-10.