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Species Oneida lunulalis - Orange-tufted Oneida - Hodges#5588

Representative Images

A fast caterpillar - Oneida lunulalis Orange-tufted Oneida - Oneida lunulalis Oneida lunulalis Orange-tufted Oneida Moth - Oneida lunulalis Oneida lunulalis Oneida lunulalis Oneida lunulalis - male Orange-tufted Oneida - Oneida lunulalis
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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 Epipaschiinae
Genus Oneida
Species lunulalis (Orange-tufted Oneida - Hodges#5588)

Hodges Number

5588

Other Common Names

Oak Gall Snout Moth

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Oneida lunulalis (Hulst)
Orig. Comb: Toripalpus lunulalis Hulst 1887
Syn: lunualis (spelling)

Numbers

one of 3 species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps
uncommon in the north

Size

wingspan about 24 mm based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG

Identification

Adult: forewing silvery-gray or light brown with dark AM band containing raised tuft of scales, dark semicircular patch at apex, and dark spot below mid-wing near inner margin; PM line forms pale-bordered black crescent near costa; hindwing gray with white fringe

Range

e. N. Amer. - Map (MPG)

Season

mostly: May-Aug (MPG)

Food

larvae feed on leaves and galls of oak

See Also

similar to Oneida grisiella and O. luniferella which occur in the west (compare images of all 3 species by Jim Vargo at MPG)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Moths of Maryland - Larry Line
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 18 June, 2005 - 6:37pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 13 August, 2014 - 5:50pm

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