Taxonomic Information
Marasmia Lederer, 1863 species known from India.
Marasmia exigua (Butler, 1879). India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu.
Marasmia poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833). Throughout India.
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854). India: "N. India", "S. India", Sikkim, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Uttara Pradesh.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Marasmia trapezalis - Trapeze Moth, Maize Webworm
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) – Trapeze Moth, Maize Webworm: Saccharum officinarum (Poaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
- OD: Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis Guenée, 1854. Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 8: 200.
- Botys creonalis Walker, 1859. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 18: 579. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/579/mode/1up?view=theater
- Botys neoclesalis Walker, 1859. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 18: 635. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/635/mode/1up?view=theater
- Botys suspicalis Walker, 1859. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 16-18. Pg. 667. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120189#page/697/mode/1up
- Dolichosticha perinephes Meyrick, 1886. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. Pg. 236. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50990#page/270/mode/1up
- Hampson, G. F. 1896. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol.4. Taylor & Francis, London. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs.pg. 277, # 4819.
- Bernard Landry, 2016, Taxonomic revision of the Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l.) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (2), pp. 315-399: 353.
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/330490-Marasmia-trapezalis
- https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/CRAMBIDAE/SPILOMELINAE/cnaphalocrocis%20trapezalis.html
- http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=5288
- https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Marasmia-trapezalis
- https://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=64620
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) – Trapeze Moth, Maize Webworm. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/marasmia-trapezalis, accessed 2025/04/23.