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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Ephestia Series » Moodna » Darker Moodna Moth - Hodges#6005 (Moodna ostrinella)

Species Moodna ostrinella - Darker Moodna Moth - Hodges#6005

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)
Subfamily Phycitinae
Tribe Phycitini
No Taxon (Ephestia Series)
Genus Moodna
Species ostrinella (Darker Moodna Moth - Hodges#6005)
Hodges Number
6005
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Moodna ostrinella (Clemens, 1860)
Ephestia ostrinella Clemens, 1861
Size
Heinrich (1956) listed the wingspan 11-17 mm. (1)
Beadle & Leckie (2012) listed the "total length" as 8 mm. (2)
Identification
See comments on images--differentiate from other members of this genus.
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range to include Nova Scotia to Florida, Manitoba to Texas. (3)
Season
Heppner (2003) reported January to December. (3)
Food
Heinrich (1956) reported peach, apple, pear, loquat, iris, oak and others. The larva is a scavenger of dried seeds, mummified fruits, dried rose buds, rose galls, cotton balls, and acorns. (1)
Clemens (1860) reported specimens on sumac fruits.
Print References
Beadle, D. & S. Leckie 2012. Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America. Houghton Mifflin. pp. 144-145. (2)
Clemens, B. 1860. Contribution to American lepidopterology, no. 5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1860: 206
Heinrich. C. 1956. American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae. United States National Museum Bulletin 207. p. 284. (1)
Neunzig, H.H., 1990. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.3. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 73; plate 2, figs. 41-44. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group(5)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)(6)
Works Cited
1.American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae
Carl Heinrich. 1956. United States National Museum Bulletin 207: 1-581.
2.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
3.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
4.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.3: Pyraloidea: Pyralidae (Part), Phycitinae (Part)
H H Neunzig. 1990. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by tom murray on 3 August, 2007 - 2:37am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Jay Greenberg, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, Marci Hess
Last updated 26 August, 2023 - 3:40pm

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