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title: "Lucerne Moth"
description: "Nomophila nearctica — Insectes et araignées. Nomophila nearctica, the lucerne moth, clover nomophila, false webworm, celery stalkworm or American celery webworm, is a moth of the family Crambidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/lucerne-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lucerne Moth

> Nomophila nearctica — Insectes et araignées. Nomophila nearctica, the lucerne moth, clover nomophila, false webworm,  celery stalkworm or American celery webworm,  is a moth of the family Crambidae.

- Scientific name: *Nomophila nearctica*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prairies et champs), `farm` (Ferme)
- iNaturalist observations: 25986
- Wikidata: [Q7048654](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7048654)
- iNaturalist taxon: [58750](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58750)

## Names

- en: Lucerne Moth

## Countries with the most observations

US (20065), CA (2540), MX (87)

## Summary

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.
The wingspan is 24–35 mm.
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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomophila_nearctica

## Photo

![Lucerne Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lucerne-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brian Dickerson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29507196

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lucerne-moth?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).