- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
-
1 Turfgrass in the Modern Environment -
2 Insects and Near Relatives -
3 Insects and Mites: Turf Association -
4 Acarine Pests -
5 Orthopteran Pests: Family Gryllotalpidae -
6 Hemipteran Pests: Suborder Heteroptera -
7 Hemipteran Pests: Suborder Homoptera -
8 Lepidopteran Pests: Family Crambidae (Formerly Pyralidae), Subfamily Crambinae -
9 Lepidopteran Pests: Family Noctuidae -
10 Lepidopteran Pests: Family Hesperiidae -
11 Coleopteran Pests: Family Scarabaeidae -
12 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Aphodiinae -
13 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Cetoniinae -
14 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Dynastinae -
15 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Melolonthinae -
16 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Rutelinae -
17 Coleopteran Pests: Family Chrysomelidae -
18 Coleopteran Pests: Family Curculionidae -
19 Dipteran Pests: Families Tipulidae and Chloropidae -
20 Hymenopteran Pests: Family Formicidae -
21 Hymenopteran Pests: Families Sphecidae and Vespidae -
22 Minor Insect Pests -
23 Turfgrass-Associated Arthropods and Near Relatives -
24 Vertebrate Pests -
25 Principles of Integrated Pest Management -
26 Sampling Techniques and Setting Thresholds -
27 Biological Control Strategies -
28 Chemical Control Strategies -
Appendix 1 English and Metric Units of Measure and Conversions -
Appendix 2 Abbreviations - Glossary
- References
- Index
Lepidopteran Pests: Family Crambidae (Formerly Pyralidae), Subfamily Crambinae
Lepidopteran Pests: Family Crambidae (Formerly Pyralidae), Subfamily Crambinae
- Chapter:
- (p.107) 8 Lepidopteran Pests: Family Crambidae (Formerly Pyralidae), Subfamily Crambinae
- Source:
- Turfgrass Insects of the United States and Canada
- Author(s):
Patricia J. Vittum
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
This chapter addresses sod webworms, which refers to a large number of grass-infesting moths and larvae of the family Crambidae (formerly Pyralidae), subfamily Crambinae. Adults are often called lawn moths because of their habitat or snout moths because of the prominent labial palpi that extend in front of the head. Most of the turfgrass-infesting species originally were placed in the genus Crambus, which is distributed practically worldwide. About 100 species are recognized in North America. The six most important sod webworm species in the eastern temperate regions of the United States include the bluegrass webworm; the striped sod webworm; the silver-striped webworm; the larger sod webworm; the corn root webworm; and the subterranean webworm, also known as the cranberry girdler. Sod webworms restrict their feeding, with rare exceptions, to plants of the family Gramineae, and turfgrasses serve as ideal host plants. The chapter then considers tropical-region sod webworms.
Keywords: sod webworms, grass-infesting moths, Crambidae, Crambinae, lawn moths, snout moths, turfgrass-infesting moths, Crambus, temperate sod webworms, tropical sod webworms
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
-
1 Turfgrass in the Modern Environment -
2 Insects and Near Relatives -
3 Insects and Mites: Turf Association -
4 Acarine Pests -
5 Orthopteran Pests: Family Gryllotalpidae -
6 Hemipteran Pests: Suborder Heteroptera -
7 Hemipteran Pests: Suborder Homoptera -
8 Lepidopteran Pests: Family Crambidae (Formerly Pyralidae), Subfamily Crambinae -
9 Lepidopteran Pests: Family Noctuidae -
10 Lepidopteran Pests: Family Hesperiidae -
11 Coleopteran Pests: Family Scarabaeidae -
12 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Aphodiinae -
13 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Cetoniinae -
14 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Dynastinae -
15 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Melolonthinae -
16 Scarabaeid Pests: Subfamily Rutelinae -
17 Coleopteran Pests: Family Chrysomelidae -
18 Coleopteran Pests: Family Curculionidae -
19 Dipteran Pests: Families Tipulidae and Chloropidae -
20 Hymenopteran Pests: Family Formicidae -
21 Hymenopteran Pests: Families Sphecidae and Vespidae -
22 Minor Insect Pests -
23 Turfgrass-Associated Arthropods and Near Relatives -
24 Vertebrate Pests -
25 Principles of Integrated Pest Management -
26 Sampling Techniques and Setting Thresholds -
27 Biological Control Strategies -
28 Chemical Control Strategies -
Appendix 1 English and Metric Units of Measure and Conversions -
Appendix 2 Abbreviations - Glossary
- References
- Index