Lucerne Moth
Nomophila nearctica Munroe, 1973
Synonyms
- Hodges #5156
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Lucerne Moth in Allegany Co., Maryland (8/12/2018).
Lucerne Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (9/7/2018).
Lucerne Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/12/2017).
Lucerne Moth in Talbot Co., Maryland (6/20/2006).
Lucerne Moth in Talbot Co., Maryland (7/30/2014).
Lucerne Moth in Talbot Co., Maryland (7/17/2014).
Lucerne Moth in Talbot Co., Maryland (7/16/2014).
Lucerne Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (9/7/2018).
Seasonality Snapshot
Map Snapshot
637 Records
Status
"Virtually statewide. Generally distributed and often very common, increasingly so in late summer. This is a characteristic pattern of seasonal migrants from farther south, and N. nearctica is thought to be one of them (Ferguson, 1991: 36, 78)" (John Glaser, 2005).
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Source: Wikipedia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Nomophila |
| Species: | N. nearctica
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Nomophila nearctica, the lucerne moth, clover nomophila, false webworm, celery stalkworm or American celery webworm, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is known from southern Canada and all of the United States, south to Mexico and the Neotropics.
Adults are on wing from April to November in North America.
The larvae feed on celery, grasses, lucerne, Medicago sativa, Polygonum, Melilotus and various other low-growing herbaceous plants.
References
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- ^ "Bug Guide". Bug Guide. Retrieved 2011-10-18.