A Darker Moodna Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/4/2016). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A Darker Moodna Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/21/2013). Determined by Kyle Austin/BugGuide.
A Darker Moodna Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/22/2016). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
A Darker Moodna Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/23/2013).
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A Darker Moodna Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (10/4/2018).
Darker Moodna Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/13/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
Darker Moodna Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/25/2025). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
A Darker Moodna Moth.
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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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A Darker Moodna Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/4/2016). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Mark Etheridge.
A Darker Moodna Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/21/2013). Determined by Kyle Austin/BugGuide.
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Bill Hubick.
A Darker Moodna Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/22/2016). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Mark Etheridge.
A Darker Moodna Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/23/2013).
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Scott Housten.
A Darker Moodna Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (10/4/2018).
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Mark Etheridge.
Darker Moodna Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/13/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
Darker Moodna Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/25/2025). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
A Darker Moodna Moth.
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John Glaser.
Source: Wikipedia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Moodna |
| Species: | M. ostrinella
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| Binomial name | |
| Moodna ostrinella (Clemens, 1860)
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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
[edit]- ^ Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.
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