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 plorella is a species of snout moth, and the only species in the genus Moodnodes. 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.
Moodnodes é um gênero de mariposa pertencente à família Crambidae.
Kristensen, N.P. (Ed.). 1999. Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. Eine Naturgeschichte der Stämme des Tierreiches / Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Band / Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Teilband / Part 35: 491 pp. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York.
