Vitula edmandsii

Vitula edmandsii, the American wax moth, dried-fruit moth or dried fruit moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Vitula. It shares its common name with Cadra calidella, another dried fruit moth. It was described by Packard in 1865. It is found in Germany, Denmark and Fennoscandia,^[1] as well Great Britain^[2] and eastern North America. The beehive honey moth (ssp. serratilineella), which is found in western North America, is either treated as a full species or as a subspecies of Vitula edmandsii.^[3]

Vitula edmandsii
Vitula edmandsii serratilineella
Vitula edmandsii serratilineella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Vitula
Species:	V. edmandsii
Binomial name
Vitula edmandsii (Packard, 1865)
Synonyms
Nephopteryx edmandsii Packard, 1864 Moodna bombylicolella Amsel, 1955 Vitula serratilineella Ragonot, 1887 Vitula dentosella Ragonot, 1887 Vitula edmandsae Heinrich, 1956

The wingspan is 20–25 mm.^[4]

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

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  Vitula edmandsii serratilineella
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  Illustration of adult of Vitula edmandsii edmandsii
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  Illustration of larva of Vitula edmandsii edmandsii
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  Illustration of pupa of Vitula edmandsii edmandsii