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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) » Pyraustinae » Pyraustini » Ostrinia
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crambid snout moth - Ostrinia
Copyright © 2014 Bill Keim

crambid snout moth - Ostrinia
Susquehanna State Park, Harford County, Maryland, USA
June 14, 2014
Size: 11.2 mm head-wingtips
Found on low vegetation along a wooded river bank.
Possibly a worn Ostrinia nubilalis? Looks similar to:
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Contributed by Bill Keim on 23 July, 2014 - 10:04am
Last updated 31 March, 2016 - 6:40pm

Moved to Ostrinia
Moved from Pyraustinae.

There may be undescribed species in Ostrinia. Check out this specimen at BOLD here which resides in a BIN cluster with specimens identified as Ostrinia obumbratalis PS 1. It is genetically close to Ostrinia obumbratalis.
… Steve Nanz, 31 March, 2016 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Crambid Snout Moths.
… Kyhl Austin, 30 March, 2016 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Kyhl Austin, 18 March, 2015 - 9:52pm login or register to post comments

Another look through MPG, and
Another look through MPG, and now I think the PM line is a better match for #4947 Ostrinia obumbratalis:
… Bill Keim, 23 August, 2014 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bill Keim, 3 August, 2014 - 3:53am login or register to post comments

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