Vitula edmandsii, the American wax moth or dried fruit moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Vitula. It is found in eastern North America. It was described by Packard in 1865 who mentions early records from the USA, specifically in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Bridgeport, Connecticut - the latter where the larvae were first found in bee's nests.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Dried Fruit Moth being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Vitula serratilineella
- Ephestia kuehniella
- Ephestia elutella
- Ephestiodes gilvescentella
- Ephestia woodiella
- Canarsia ulmiarrosorella
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Genus
- Vitula
- Species
- Vitula edmandsii
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