Moodna ostrinella

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.[2]

Moodna ostrinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Moodna[1]
Species:
M. ostrinella
Binomial name
Moodna ostrinella
(Clemens, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Ephestia ostrinella Clemens, 1860
  • Hornigia obtusangulella Ragonot, 1887
  • Moodna pelviculella Hulst, 1890

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.


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