636 WILLIAM T. M. FORBES 



107. MOODNA Hulst 

 (Manhatta Hulst; Hornigia Ragonot) 



Palpi in our species oblique, beak-like, with third segment almost as long as 

 second; antennae typically a little sinuous toward base. Fore wing (fig. 386) 

 narrow, with a costal fold and hair pencil on under side in male. R 2 free, R 3 lost; 

 M 2 and M 3 stalked; CUj arising from angle of cell, and Cu 2 well before it. Hind 

 wing with M 3 wanting, M 2 and Cu t connate or short -stalked; discocellular short, 

 curved; Cu 2 arising well before angle. The larva of the type species (in Europe) 

 feeds on pine. 



1. M. ostrinella Clemens. Male antennae with very slight sinus. Fore wing 

 crimson, sometimes suffused with gray; median area shaded gray, suffused with 

 black, except beyond the discal dots ; lines well marked, pale ; antemedial line 

 well out, postmedial slightly waved. 15 mm. (obtusangulella Ragonot.) 



Larva in sumac heads (Crosby) and in acorns (Murtfeldt). Moth in late 

 July and August. 



Pennsylvania; Texas. New York: Rochester, Otto, Ithaca. 



2. M. pelviculella Hulst. Gray, much lighter than M, ostrinella; base washed 

 with russet; antemedial line erect; pale, followed by a darker shade; outer 

 weaker, denticulate. 15 mm. 



Pennsylvania; doubtfully distinct from M. ostrinella. 



108. PLODIA Guenee 



Front strongly tufted; palpi beak-like, porrect, about as long as head; antennae 

 simple; male with a small costal fold and pencil on fore wing. Fore wing (fig. 

 387) with R 3 and M 3 lost, CUj separate, Cu 2 arising well before angle of cell. Hind 

 wing with Sc free only at extreme tip; R short-stalked, discocellular oblique, M 3 

 wanting and Cu 2 arising well before angle of cell. 



1. P. interpunctella Hiibner. Base clay color, greenish when fresh; outer three- 

 fifths dull red-brown, contrasting with three or four shining lead-gray bands, 

 the last one terminal. 15 mm. 



Larva injurious to stored grain, and occasionally on other dried foods; pale 

 yellow with russet head and shields. (H p. 415 f/236.) 



Generally distributed and world-wide. New York: Common generally. 



109. CAUDELLIA Dyar 



Fore wing with only nine veins; R< and M 2 lost, M 3 and Cu t arising separately. 

 Hind wing with seven veins; Sc very short, M 3 and Cu t separate; cell half as 

 long as wing. Tongue well developed, palpi oblique, projecting twice the length 

 of head, third segment deflexed, maxillary palpi filiform. Ocelli present. Male 

 antennae with a slight flexure on shaft. Fore wing with an oblique scale tuft on 

 under side of costa near base. 



1. C. apyrella Dyar. Dark vinous brown, heavily shaded with black. Marks 

 obscure, of vinous shades. Antemedial line a vague paler shade; an obscure 

 light postmedial patch, reaching up to the discal dot; a black shade at apex, 

 and terminal line. Costal tuft vinous. Hind wing translucent whitish, shaded 

 with fuscous. 14-15 mm. 



June and July. 



Plummer's Island, Maryland. 



2. C. albovittella Dyar. Third segment of palpus shorter; a costal fold in 

 male besides the tuft. Fore wing vinous brown, shaded with black. Antemedial 

 line white, oblique, straight, almost forming a blotch subcostally; postmedial 



