Darker Moodna Moth
Moodna ostrinella (Clemens, 1860)
Darker Moodna Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/6940
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Hodges #6005 
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"Heinrich (1956) reported peach, apple, pear, loquat, iris, oak and others. The larva is a scavenger of dried seeds, mummified fruits, dried rose buds, rose galls, cotton balls, and acorns" (BugGuide).

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Moodna ostrinella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Moodna
Species:
M. ostrinella
Binomial name
Moodna ostrinella
(Clemens, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Ephestia ostrinella Clemens, 1860
  • Hornigia obtusangulella Ragonot, 1887
  • Moodna pelviculella Hulst, 1890

Moodna ostrinella, the darker moodna moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Moodna. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860, and is known from North America, including Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.