Photedes inops

Photedes inops, the spartina borer moth, is a species of moth native to North America. The larvae are hosted on Spartina pectinata, apparently exclusively.^[2] It is listed as a species of special concern in the US state of Connecticut.^[3]

Photedes inops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Photedes
Species:	P. inops
Binomial name
Photedes inops (Grote, 1881)[1]