MISCELLANEOUS SMALL MOTHS
Indian Meal Moth - one of the few "pest" species that gives all the other harmless moths a bad name. Indian Meal Moths live inside homes and buildings, where they eat a variety of stored human food. This species is also known as the Pantry Moth, for obvious reasons. Since they live indoors, Indian Meal Moths can fly even in the dead of winter.
Root Collar Borer Moth. I have found a couple of these moths at my lights, in August and October. They feed on tulip trees.
American Plum Borer Moth. I have found a couple of these moths at my lights from May through August.
Walnut Shoot Moth, photographed June 3, 2020. A handsome little moth. This is my only sighting.
Epiblema glenni. I have found a few of these at my lights in July and early August.
McDunnough's Eudonia. A couple of these moths have visited my lights in September.
Gray-banded Leafroller, photographed at Hocking Hills (eastern Ohio). I have found several of these moths at Hocking Hills, but none at my home lights.
Sweetgum Leafroller. I have seen a couple of these moths at my lights in May and August.
Tlascala Moth. Several of these moths have visited my lights from May through July.
Orange-tufted Oneida Moth, found at my moth lights on September 1, 2024. This is my only sighting of the species.
Double-striped Scoparia. These moths come to my lights in September and October.
Goldenrod Elliptical-gall Moth. Their larvae feed on goldenrod and cause the plant to create hollow galls on the stem. This is my only sighting of the species. September 18, 2024, at my moth lights.
Scale-feeding Snout Moth. Their larvae are predatory and feed on scale insects. Photographed September 11, 2024, at my moth lights.