Brower's Vitula Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/21/2025). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1291126 - Psn: 44)

Brower's Vitula Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/21/2025). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Brower's Vitula Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 244238 - Psn: 45)

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Brower's Vitula Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/16/2018). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 244239 - Psn: 45)

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A Brower's Vitula Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/15/2014). Determined by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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Brower's Vitula Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/14/2023). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 847806 - Psn: 51)

Brower's Vitula Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/14/2023). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Brower's Vitula Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/20/2025). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1297591 - Psn: 54)

Brower's Vitula Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/20/2025). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Brower's Vitula Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/18/2025). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1283697 - Psn: 55)

Brower's Vitula Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/18/2025). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Brower's Vitula Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Kyle Klotz, all rights reserved (Photo ID: 1378071 - Psn: 55)

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A Brower's Vitula Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/30/2010).

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A Brower's Vitula Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/2/2010).

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A Brower's Vitula Moth collected in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/8/1996).

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Brower's Vitula Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/14/2023). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Brower's Vitula Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/24/2023). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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A Brower's Vitula Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/2/2010). View Record Details Media by Bob Patterson.

A Brower's Vitula Moth collected in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/8/1996). View Record Details Media by John Glaser.

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Vitula broweri

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Vitula
Species:	V. broweri
Binomial name
*Vitula broweri* (Heinrich, 1956)
Synonyms
Manhatta broweri Heinrich 1956

Vitula broweri, or Brower's vitula moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Vitula. It was described by Carl Heinrich in 1956. It is found in much of North America, including British Columbia, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wisconsin.^[1]

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are pale brownish fuscous with a white-powdered area. The hindwings are pale fuscous and the veins and terminal margin are slightly darker.^[2]

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^ "800246.00 – 6011 – Vitula broweri – Brower's Vitula Moth – (Heinrich, 1956)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
^ Heinrich, Carl (1956). "Checklist of American Phycitinae". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 207: 316–329 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Taxon identifiers
Vitula broweri	Wikidata: Q7937355 BAMONA: Vitula-broweri BOLD: 22731 BugGuide: 306357 CoL: 5BMWX EoL: 965607 GBIF: 1875606 iNaturalist: 417150 IRMNG: 10266464 LepIndex: 13777 MONA: 6011 NatureServe: 2.745562 NCBI: 989807 Open Tree of Life: 96798

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Brower's Vitula Moth

Vitula broweri (Heinrich, 1956)

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