The ailanthus webworm is an ermine moth now found commonly in the United States. It was formerly known under the scientific name Atteva punctella. This small, very colorful moth resembles a true bug or beetle when not in flight, but in flight it resembles a wasp.
Bouteloua dactyloides, commonly known as buffalograss or buffalo grass, is a North American prairie grass native to Canada, Mexico, and the United States. It is a short grass found mainly on the High Plains and is co-dominant with blue grama over most of the shortgrass prairie. Buffalo grass in North America is not the same species of grass commonly known as "buffalo" in Australia.
The little black ant is a species of ant native to North America. It is a shiny black color, the workers about 1 to 2 mm long and the queens 4 to 5 mm long. It is a monomorphic species, with only one caste of worker, and polygyne, meaning a nest may have more than one queen. A colony is usually moderately sized with only a few thousand workers.
The genus Crambus includes around 155 species of moths in the family Crambidae, distributed globally. The adult stages are called crambid snout moths, while the larvae of Crambus and the related genus Herpetogramma are the sod webworms, which can damage grasses.
Spoladea recurvalis, the beet webworm moth or Hawaiian beet webworm moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found worldwide, but mainly in the tropics.
Anageshna is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1956. Its only species, Anageshna primordialis, the yellow-spotted webworm, was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1907. It is found in the US states of Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
Prionapteryx is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Hellula undalis, the cabbage webworm or Old World webworm, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is a widespread species which is found from Europe across Asia to the Pacific. It was first described from Italy.
Parapediasia teterrellus, the bluegrass webworm moth, bluegrass webworm, bluegrass sod webworm moth or bluegrass sod webworm, is a moth of the family Crambidae.
Cochylichroa hoffmanana, or Hoffman's cochlid moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by William D. Kearfott in 1907. It is found in France and North America, where it has been recorded from California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Quebec, Tennessee and Vermont.
Crambus youngellus, or Young's grass-veneer, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William D. Kearfott in 1908. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from north-eastern United States and southern Ontario.
Fissicrambus intermedius is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William D. Kearfott in 1908. It has been recorded from the US states of Arizona, California and Texas.
Microcrambus polingi is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William D. Kearfott in 1908. It is found in the US state of Arizona.
Pediasia dorsipunctella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William D. Kearfott in 1908. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, Arizona, California, Manitoba, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota and Ontario. The habitat consists of grasslands.
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.
Eoreuma multipunctellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William D. Kearfott in 1908. It has been recorded from the US state of Arizona.
Xubida puritellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William D. Kearfott in 1908. It is found in the US state of Arizona.
Hemiplatytes parallela is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William D. Kearfott in 1908. It is found in the US states of Arizona and New Mexico.
Mesolia huachucaella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William D. Kearfott in 1908. It is found in the US state of Arizona.
Loxostege floridalis, the Christmas-berry webworm moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida and Texas.
