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A MONA number (short for Moths of North America), or Hodges number after Ronald W. Hodges, is part of a numbering system for North American moths found north of Mexico in the Continental United States and Canada, as well as the island of Greenland. Introduced in 1983 by Hodges through the publication of ''Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico'', the system began an ongoing numeration process in order to compile a list of the over 12,000 moths of North America north of Mexico. The system numbers moths within the same family close together for identification purposes. For example, the species '' Epimartyria auricrinella'' begins the numbering system at 0001 while '' Epimartyria pardella'' is numbered 0002. The system has become somewhat out of date since its inception for several reasons: # Some numbers no longer exist as the species bearing the number have been reclassified into other species. # Some species have been regrouped into a different family and th ...
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Epimartyria Auricrinella
''Epimartyria auricrinella'' (goldcap moss-eater moth) is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham. It is known from the eastern parts of the United States (from Maine to Michigan and south to Tennessee and Georgia) as well as south-eastern Canada (from Nova Scotia to Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...). The species occurs in shaded locations, in wet swampy woods, boggy ditches, or creek sides where leafy (moss-like) liverworts grow. The length of the forewings is 4.2–5.6 mm. Adults are easily distinguished from those of the other members of the genus '' Epimartyria'' in possessing uniformly dark fuscous forewings without the yellowish spots present in those species. Adults are diurnal. They can ...
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