Scardia anatomella

Appearance

Head: Brownish-yellow, darker at sides. Long haired (scaled). Palpi long, folded; dark brown, underside yellowish.
Antenna: Dark brown, over half as long as wing.
Thorax: Tufted. Brownish-yellow; darker on sides.
Wings: Wings wide and rounded at tip; dark brown with brownish-yellow lace-like marks. Costal edge has four to five double yellow marks. Inner edge entirely yellow, widening at mid wing and just before wing tip. Wing tip has irregular shaped yellow patch. Fringe short, checkered yellow and brown. Hindwings light purplish-gray, edges dotted.
Legs: All segments dark brown with yellowish tips.
Abdomen: Yellowish-gray.

Naming

Scardia anatomella (Grote (1), 1881)
Fernaldia anatomella Grote, 1881
Scardia fiskeella
Hodges #0311

Distribution

Eastern half of U.S., Ontario; along west coast from British Columbia to California

Behavior

Larva found boring round holes in a dead fallen pine tree.

Habitat

Forests

Food

Larvae feed on debris, rotting wood, fungus, rotted animal and vegetation.