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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Pyraloidea » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Nymphulinae » Nymphulini » Munroessa » Pondside Pyralid Moth - Hodges#4748 (Munroessa icciusalis)

Species Munroessa icciusalis - Pondside Pyralid Moth - Hodges#4748

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Night-flying moth - Munroessa icciusalis

Pondside Pyralid Moth - Munroessa icciusalis

Pondside Pyralid Moth - Munroessa icciusalis - Munroessa icciusalis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Pyraloidea

Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)

Subfamily Nymphulinae

Tribe Nymphulini

Genus Munroessa

Species icciusalis (Pondside Pyralid Moth - Hodges#4748)

Hodges Number

4748

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Elophila icciusalis

described in 1859 by Walker, who originally placed it in genus Leucochroma

Size

16-26 mm wingspan (1)

Identification

Adult: forewing light yellow with several white patches; brown beyond PM line in some specimens; lines black, broken, edged with white; median area white on all wings

Range

Covell notes that this species is common throughout the range covered in that guide (eastern U.S. and Canada). Covell does not mention range outside that region. (1)

Habitat

larvae are aquatic; adults found near larval habitat, and are attracted to light

Season

adults fly from June to September

Food

larvae feed on aquatic plants such as buckbean, duckweed (Lemna spp.), eelgrass, pondweeds (Potamogeton spp.), and sedges (1)

Remarks

Larvae and pupae protect themselves in a case made of plant material. (1)

See Also

Nebulous Munroessa (M. nebulosalis) forewing is orangish-yellow with diffuse dark gray area forming a semicircle along costa

Waterlily Borer (M. gyralis) forewing is brown with dark brown patch halfway along inner margin

Print References

Covell, p. 395, plate 57 #25 (1)

Internet References

live adult images plus description, foodplants, flight season (Lynn Scott, Ontario)

author, date, and original genus (nearctica.com)

Works Cited

1.	Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America By Charles V. Covell, Jr.

Contributed by tom murray on 19 June, 2005 - 7:48am
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Robin McLeod
Last updated 27 September, 2008 - 2:09pm

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