| Moodnopsis inveterella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Moodnopsis [1] |
| Species: | M. inveterella |
| Binomial name | |
| Moodnopsis inveterella (Dyar, 1919) | |
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Moodnopsis inveterella is a species of snout moth in the genus Moodnopsis . It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1919 and is known from Guatemala.
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera. The latest review by Eugene G. Munroe & Solis, in Kristensen (1999) retains the Crambidae as a full family of Pyraloidea.
Moodnopsis is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914.
Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. was an American entomologist.
