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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) » Phycitinae » Phycitini » Ephestia Series » Moodna » Paler Moodna Moth - Hodges#6005.1 (Moodna pallidostrinella)

Species Moodna pallidostrinella - Paler Moodna Moth - Hodges#6005.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Paler Moodna Moth - Moodna pallidostrinella

Hodges #6005.1 - Paler Moodna Moth - Moodna pallidostrinella

Moodna pallidostrinella - Moodna pallidostrinella

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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 pallidostrinella (Paler Moodna Moth - Hodges#6005.1)

Hodges Number

6005.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Moodna pallidostrinella Neunzig, 1990 (1)

Numbers

There are three named species of the genus Moodna in America north of Mexico. (2), (1)

Identification

Neunzig (1990) original description. (1)

Range

Heppner (2003) reported Massachusetts to Florida(3), Illinois to Texas. (4)

Season

Heppner (2003) reported January, March, May to September. (4)

Food

Heppner (2003) listed Pinus echinata Mill. (shortleaf pine). (4)

Print References

Neunzig, H.H., 1990. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.3. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 75; plate 3, figs. 1-3. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Larry Line’s Moths of Maryland

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.3: Pyraloidea: Pyralidae (Part), Phycitinae (Part) H H Neunzig. 1990. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

4.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Bob Patterson on 8 June, 2010 - 2:40am
Additional contributions by anitagould, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 21 August, 2015 - 5:41pm

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