Pyralidae - [?] family
Species that live on Mount Desert Island



(updated 17 October 2017)


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)