Moodnodes

Moodnodes plorella is a species of snout moth, and the only species in the genus Moodnodes.[1] The species was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914, originally under the genus Ephestiodes, but was subsequently moved to Moodnodes. It was described from Panama (including Corazal, the type location), but is also known from the US state of Florida. The genus was described by Herbert H. Neunzig in 1990.[2]

Moodnodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Moodnodes

Neunzig, 1990
Species:
M. plorella
Binomial name
Moodnodes plorella
(Dyar, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Ephestiodes plorella Dyar, 1914
  • Eurythmia vestilla Dyar, 1914

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


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