Genus Neodactria

formerly Crambus (in part); the genus was described in 1995 by Landry, who distinguished it from other members of the genus Crambus

8 species in North America, 5 of them listed at All-Leps, and 3 new species described or mentioned in this PDF doc by Landry and Brown in 2005

wingspan 13-31 mm

Adult: forewing color varies according to species, from pale tan to brown, gray, or blackish, usually with indistinct PM and subterminal lines; mouthparts extend forward from head to form a long snout, as in other members of the tribe; hindwing pale gray to dark brown, and more than twice as broad as forewing

most of United States and southern Canada

grassy areas

The three recently-described species of Neodactria are oktibbeha, which is endemic to Mississippi, daemonis, which occurs only in Arkansas and Missouri, and glenni, of which no distribution information was found on the Internet.

Landry, B. and R.L. Brown. 2005. Two new species of Neodactria Landry (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae) from the United States of America. Zootaxa 1081: 1-16.

pinned adult images of 3 species by Jim Vargo: luteolella, caliginosella, zeellus - listed as Crambus species (Moth Photographers Group)

pinned adult image of N. luteolella by Charles Bird, plus other info (Strickland Entomological Museum, U. of Alberta)

description of two new North American species; PDF doc (Bernard Landry and Richard L. Brown, Zootaxa, 2005, mapress.com)