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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Crambid Snout Moths (Crambidae) » Spilomelinae » Nomophilini » Mecyna » Orange-toned Mecyna - Hodges#5135 (Mecyna submedialis)
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Crambidae: Ostrinia nubilalis - Mecyna submedialis
Copyright © 2013 Carl Barrentine

Crambidae: Ostrinia nubilalis - Mecyna submedialis
Emerado, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
July 13, 2013
Size: Length ~ 1.5 cm
This specimen may be an example of the European Corn Borer Moth (4949).
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Contributed by Carl Barrentine on 13 July, 2013 - 12:38pm
Last updated 31 March, 2016 - 7:04pm

Moved
Moved from Crambid Snout Moths.
… Kyhl Austin, 31 March, 2016 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Kyle!
Thanks for getting all my images of Mecyna in a row!
… Carl Barrentine, 31 March, 2016 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pyraustinae.
… Kyhl Austin, 18 December, 2015 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Crambid Snout Moths.
… Carl Barrentine, 14 March, 2015 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from European Corn Borer.
… Carl Barrentine, 14 March, 2015 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

5135 – Mecyna submedialis?
Compare images at BOLD of both species.
… Steve Nanz, 14 March, 2015 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

 
Excellent, Steve!
In think you may be right. I photographed a couple of these July moths in Minnesota last year (see thumb photos below). I'll move this specimen back to the family level to avoid confusion. Thank you!




Errata: Moved to family-level for expert attention.
… Carl Barrentine, 14 March, 2015 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

 
Pyraustinae
Family is fine. You might want to place in subfamily. I wish I could be more certain and place it in the species. Hopefully someone will eventually clean this subfamily up.
… Steve Nanz, 14 March, 2015 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree, Steve...
No doubt I'll catch and photograph a couple more individuals this year. Hopefully a series of a half-dozen examples, with flight dates, will be enough to be fairly certain about the genus and species. I'll move all my examples to the subspecies level. Thanks for your help!
… Carl Barrentine, 14 March, 2015 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

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