Family Glyphipterigidae (Sedge Moths)

Description of Glyphipterigidae

The Glyphipterigidae (Sedge Moths) are a small group of moths represented by 36 species in North America. Adults are diurnal and can be found visiting flowers during the day. These are small moths that frequently have metallic crescent markings along the costa and inner margin of the forewings. Larvae bore into the stems of sedges, rushes, and grasses, and this behavior gives the group its name.

Subfamily:

Abrenthia cuprea (Busck, 1915)

Diploschizia impigritella Yellow Nutsedge Moth (Clemens, 1863)

Drymoana blanchardi (Heppner, 1985)

Glyphipterix bifasciata (Walsingham, 1881)

Glyphipterix circumscriptella (Chambers, 1881)

Glyphipterix quadragintapunctata (Dyar, 1900)

Lepidotarphius perornatella (Walker, 1864)

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Description of Glyphipterigidae

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Photographs of Glyphipterigidae

Drymoana blanchardi

Glyphipterix bifasciata

Glyphipterix quadragintapunctata

Yellow Nutsedge Moth
Diploschizia impigritella

Glyphipterix circumscriptella

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Family Glyphipterigidae (Sedge Moths)

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Photographs of Glyphipterigidae

Yellow Nutsedge MothDiploschizia impigritella

Yellow Nutsedge Moth
Diploschizia impigritella