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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) » Pyralinae » Pyralini » Pyralis » Meal Moth - Hodges#5510 (Pyralis farinalis)
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Moth - Pyralis farinalis
Copyright © 2018 Ken Wolgemuth

Moth - Pyralis farinalis
Thompsontown, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 30, 2018
I give up. I'm sure the lep folks will recognize this right away--but I'm not having any luck. It was resting on the trunk of a tulip poplar.

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Moth - Pyralis farinalis Moth - Pyralis farinalis
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Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 30 May, 2018 - 7:29pm
Last updated 30 May, 2018 - 8:30pm

Moved, Pyralis farinalis
Moved from Butterflies and Moths. You were right in that respect – it's a distinctive species.
… Aaron Hunt, 30 May, 2018 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah...
Looks as though someone is taking advantage of the cracked corn my wife bought for her chickens. :)

Thanks!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 May, 2018 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

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