Omiodes indicata (Fabricius) and Omiodes martyralis (Lederer) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Louisiana by Vernon Antoine Brou Jr., 74320 Jack Loyd Road, Abita Springs, Louisiana 70420 USA The small pyralid moth Omiodes indicata (Fabricius) (Fig. 1a - h) was previously mentioned to occur in Louisiana (Brou, 1994) when I reported on a new North American record, a single male of the species Omiodes martyralis (Lederer) (Fig. 1k), a b captured May 7, 1984. Since that initial record, I have captured two females of martyralis on June 12, 2001 (Fig. 1m) and on January 20, 2010. All three of these specimens were captured in ultraviolet light traps at sec.24T6SR12E, 4.2 mi. northeast of Abita Springs, St. Tammany Parish. O. martyralis was described from Brazil. This species has been recorded from nearby Cuba and c d Mexico as well as a lenghty list of countries in the tropics (Alma Solis, per. comm.) See (Brou, 1994) for additional information regarding martyralis. The determination of martyralis was originally made by the noted pyralid researcher Eugene Munroe. This genus was not addressed by Covell (1984). Heppner (2003) lists the range of indicata to be the Gulf Coast, from Florida to Texas, the West Indies, e f and Mexico to South America. The color of indicata occcurs in varying shades of medium g h k m Fig. 1. Omiodes indicata: males (a - d), females (e - Fig. 2. Parish records for Omiodes indicata. 30 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 15 number of of adults number 0 Fig. 3. Adult O. indicata captured in Louisiana. n = 110 orange, sometimes extensively blanketed with brown-colored scales as those depicting the wing maculation. Heppner (2003) also states the common name of indicata to be "bean leaf webber", and occuring in all twelve months. Literature cited Brou, V.A. 1994. A new US Pyraloid species record. So. Lepid. News. 16: 26. Covell, Jr., C.V. 1984. A field guide to moths eastern North America. The Peterson Field Guide Series No. 30. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. xv + 496pp., 64 plates. Heppner, J.B. 2003. Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas, vol. 17: Lepidoptera of Florida, Div. Plant Industry, Fla. Dept. Agr. & Consum. Serv., Gainesville. x + 670 pp., 55 plates. Citation: Brou, V.A. 2010. Omiodes indicata (Fabricius) and Omiodes martyralis (Lederer) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Louisiana. So. Lepid. News 32: 165-166..