''Vitula edmandsii'', the American wax moth, dried-fruit moth or dried fruit moth, is a species of

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family (biology), family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian Taxonomic rank, superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Cramb ...

in the genus ''

Vitula ''Vitula'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887. Species * ''Vitula aegerella'' Neunzig, 1990 * ''Vitula biviella'' Zeller, 1848 * ''Vitula broweri'' (Heinrich, 1956) * ''Vitula coconinoana'' Neunzig, 199 ...

''. It shares its common name with ''

Cadra calidella ''Cadra calidella'', the dried fruit or date moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Cadra'' and commonly mistaken for the species '' Cadra figulilella.'' It thrives in warmer conditions and is found primarily in Mediterranean countries, ...

'', another dried fruit moth. It was described by

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in 1865. It is found in

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and

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, as well

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and eastern

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. The beehive honey moth (ssp. ''serratilineella''), which is found in western

, is either treated as a full species or as a subspecies of ''Vitula edmandsii''. The

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is 20–25 mm.UKmoths
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Subspecies

*''Vitula edmandsii edmandsii'' – dried fruit moth (Europe, eastern North America) *''Vitula edmandsii serratilineella'' (Ragonot, 1887) – beehive honey moth (British Columbia, Washington, Utah, California, Arizona, Texas)

Gallery

Image:Vitula edmandsii serratilineella2.JPG, ''Vitula edmandsii serratilineella'' Image:Vitula_edmandsii.JPG, Illustration of adult of ''Vitula edmandsii edmandsii'' Image:Vitula_edmandsii_larva.JPG, Illustration of larva of ''Vitula edmandsii edmandsii'' Image:Vitula_edmandsii_pupa.JPG, Illustration of pupa of ''Vitula edmandsii edmandsii''

References

External links

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