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Species Moodna ostrinella - Darker Moodna Moth - Hodges#6005

Moodna ostrinella – Darker Moodna Moth - Moodna ostrinella

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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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