Pyralidae - [?] family
[information to be added]
Mount Desert Island is home to 129 species in 53 genera. Click on a link below or scroll down for more information.
Dicymolomia (1 species)
Dicymolomia julianalis - [?]
Hymenia (2 species)
Hymenia perspectalis - spotted beet web-worm
Hymenia fascialis - Hawaiian beet worm
Desmia (1 species)
Desmia funeralis - grape leaf folder
Diastictis (1 species)
Diastictis argyralis - [?]
Blepharomastix (1 species)
Blepharomastix stenialis - [?]
Pantographa (1 species)
Pantographa limata - [?]
Sylepta (1 species)
Sylepta silicalis - [?]
Sameodes (1 species)
Sameodes elealis - [?]
Evergestis (1 species)
Evergestis straminalis - purple-backed cabbage worm
Crocidophora (1 species)
Crocidophora serratissimnalis - [?]
Nomophila (1 species)
Nomophila noctuella - [?]
Loxostege (4 species)
Loxostege chortalis - [?]
Loxostege simialis - garden web-worm
Loxostege sticticalis - sugar-beet web-worm
Loxostege commixtalis - [?]
Phlyctaenia (7 species)
Phlyctaenia rubigalis - celery leaf-tier
Phlyctaenia inquinatalis - [?]
Phlyctaenia sheppardi - [?]
Phlyctaenia acutella - [?]
Phlyctaenia terrealis - [?]
Phlyctaenia extricalis - [?]
Phlyctaenia helvalis? - [?]
Pyrausta (12 species)
Pyrausta pertextalis - [?]
Pyrausta fissalis - [?]
Pyrausta thestealis - [?]
Pyrausta submedialis - [?]
Pyrausta arsaltealis - [?]
Pyrausta penitalis - [?]
Pyrausta nubilalis - European corn borer
Pyrausta fumalis - [?]
Pyrausta fumoferalis - [?]
Pyrausta acrionalis - [?]
Pyrausta subsequalis - [?]
Pyrausta marginalis - [?]
Anania (1 species)
Anania funebris - white-spotted sable moth
Nymphula (5 species)
Nymphula maculalis - [?]
Nymphula allionealis - [?]
Nymphula broweri - [?]
Nymphula gyralis - [?]
Nymphula icciusalis - [?]
Cataclysta (1 species)
Cataclysta magnificalis - [?]
Geshna (1 species)
Geshna primordialis - [?]
Diathrausta (1 species)
Diathrausta reconditalis - [?]
Eurrhypara (1 species)
Eurrhypara urticata - [?]
Scoparia (5 species)
Scoparia centuriella - [?]
Scoparia penumbralis - [?]
Scoparia truncatalis - [?]
Scoparia lugubralis - [?]
Scoparia basalis - [?]
Pyralis (2 species)
Pyralis farinalis - meal moth
Pyralis costiferalis - [?]
Herculia (4 species)
Herculia intermedialis - [?]
Herculia thymetusalis - [?]
Herculia infimbrialis - [?]
Herculia olinalis - [?]
Condylolomia (1 species)
Condylolomia participialis - [?]
Schoenobius (1 species)
Schoenobius amblyptepennis - [?]
Raphiptera (1 species)
Raphiptera argillaceella - [?]
Crambus (30 species)
Crambus hamellus - [?]
Crambus pascuellus - [?]
Crambus lyonsellus - [?]
Crambus girardellus - [?]
Crambus leachellus - [?]
Crambus ainslieellus - [?]
Crambus watsonellus - [?]
Crambus unistriatellus - [?]
Crambus praefectellus - [?]
Crambus bidens - [?]
Crambus dissectus - [?]
Crambus alboclavellus - [?]
Crambus carolinellus - [?]
Crambus agitatellus - [?]
Crambus latiradiellus - [?]
Crambus laqueatellus - [?]
Crambus hortuellus - [?]
Crambus albellus - [?]
Crambus innotatellus - [?]
Crambus turbatellus - [?]
Crambus elegans - [?]
Crambus vulgivagellus - [?]
Crambus ruricolellus - [?]
Crambus teterrellus - [?]
Crambus mutabilis - [?]
Crambus trisectus - [?]
Crambus laciniellus - [?]
Crambus caliginosellus - [?]
Crambus zeellus - [?]
Crambus luteolellus - [?]
Thaumatopsis (1 species)
Thaumatopsis gibsonellus - [?]
Argyria (2 species)
Argyria nivalis - [?]
Argyria auratella - [?]
Aphomia (1 species)
Aphomia sociella - [?]
Oneida (1 species)
Oneida lunulalis - [?]
Tetralopha (2 species)
Tetralopha asperatella - [?]
Tetralopha aplastella - [?]
Myelois (2 species)
Myelois obnupsella - [?]
Myelois zonulella - [?]
Acrobasis (3 species)
Acrobasis betulella - [?]
Acrobasis rubrifasciella - [?]
Acrobasis comptoniella - [?]
Mineola (4 species)
Mineola tricolorella - [?]
Mineola amplexella - [?]
Mineola vaccinii - [?]
Mineola indigenella - apple leaf crumpler
Dioryctria (1 species)
Dioryctria abietella - [?]
Pinipestis (1 species)
Pinipestis zimmermannii - Zimmerman's pine moth
Glptocera (1 species)
Glptocera consobrinella - [?]
Tlascala (1 species)
Tlascala finitella - [?]
Meroptera (2 species)
Meroptera pravella - [?]
Meroptera nebulella - [?]
Immyrla (1 species)
Immyrla pasadamia - [?]
Salebria (3 species)
Salebria carneella - [?]
Salebria virgatella - [?]
Salebria basilaris - [?]
Laodamia (1 species)
Laodamia fusca - [?]
Elasmopalpus (1 species)
Elasmopalpus lignosellus - lesser corn-stalk borer
Euzophera (1 species)
Euzophera ochrifrontella - [?]
Vitula (1 species)
Vitula basimaculatella - [?]
Canarsia (1 species)
Canarsia ulmiarrosorella - [?]
Homoeosoma (3 species)
Homoeosoma uncanale - [?]
Homoeosoma mucidellum - [?]
Homoeosoma stypticellum - [?]
Ephestiodes (1 species)
Ephestiodes infimella - [?]
Moodna (1 species)
Moodna ostrinella - [?]
Ephestia (2 species)
Ephestia kuehniella - [?]
Ephestia elutella - [?]
Plodia (1 species)
Plodia interpunctella - [?]
Peoria (1 species)
Peoria approximella - [?]
Anania (sable moth)
[information to be added]
Anania funebris (white-spotted sable moth) - [information to be added]
(photos by Carol Muth; click on images to enlarge)