- Nomophila nearctica
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Nomophila nearctica 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Crambidae Genus: Nomophila Species: N. nearctica Binomial name Nomophila nearctica
Munroe, 1973[1]The Lucerne Moth, Clover Nomophila, False Webworm, Celery Stalkworm or American Celery Webworm (Nomophila nearctica) is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is known from southern Canada and all of the United States, south to Mexico and the Neotropics.
The wingspan is 24-35 mm. When at rest, adults keep their wings overlapped and hugged against the abdomen, giving a long and narrow profile. The forewing is elongate, grayish-brown with two side-by-side dark oval spots near the middle of the wing, and another dark bilobed spot a little farther out. The hindwings are much broader. They are pale brownish-gray with a whitish fringe.[2]
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. The They have a black head. The abdomen is variably light brown to dark gray with a bumpy surface and sparse long hairs and a thin dark dorsal line bordered by narrow pale strip.
References
- ^ "mothphotographersgroup". Mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=5156. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ "Bug Guide". Bug Guide. http://bugguide.net/node/view/9485. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
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