Google
WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library
Crambidae
8009975288Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) – Trapeze Moth
  • Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854), placed by some authors in the genus Cnaphalocrocis, is treated as a member of the genus Marasmia in Shaffer & Munroe (2003:63).
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - BIN: BOLD:AAC0297 - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification.
  • Guenée, M.A., 1854. Deltoïdes et Pyralites. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères, 8(8): 200.
  • Landry, B., 2016. Taxonomic revision of the Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l.) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 123(2): 315-399.
  • Shaffer, J.C. & E. Munroe, 2003 (2007). Crambidae of Aldabra Atoll (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea). Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 14(1-2): 1-110.
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • U.S. National Entomological Collection (USNM) - ♀ genitalia.
  • U.S. National Entomological Collection (USNM) - ♂ genitalia.

Marasmia trapezalis
- LG - © McGuire Center Coll.
Photo by L. Gaudette, slide preperation by J.E Hayden.
Marasmia trapezalis
- © Jim Vargo
Marasmia trapezalis
- LG - © McGuire Center Coll.
Photo by L. Gaudette, slide preperation by J.E Hayden.

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone