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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Zanclognatha » Zanclognatha protumnusalis - Hodges#8349 (Zanclognatha protumnusalis)

Species Zanclognatha protumnusalis - Hodges#8349

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brown Zanclognatha - Zanclognatha protumnusalis Zigzag Zanclognatha - Zanclognatha protumnusalis Little Brown Moth - Zanclognatha protumnusalis
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Herminiinae (Litter Moths)
Genus Zanclognatha
Species protumnusalis (Zanclognatha protumnusalis - Hodges#8349)
Hodges Number
8349
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
see genus page for discussion on Zanclognatha vs. Polypogon classification
Identification
antemedian (AM) and postmedian (PM) lines wavy & jagged - thickened and dark near the costa, but thin and faint across the rest of the wing; bold dark reniform spot; subterminal (ST) line thin & inconspicuous, bordered by darker shading along its length
Range
eastern US and southeastern Canada
Season
adults fly from July to September
Food
larvae feed on balsam fir, black spruce, white spruce, and jack pine (Ohio State U.)
See Also
Zanclognatha jacchusalis whose pale yellowish ST line is broad and conspicuous
Internet References
live adult image (Hugh McGuinness, New York)
pinned adult image (CBIF)
pinned adult image (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 13 February, 2005 - 9:42am
Additional contributions by J.D. Roberts
Last updated 27 July, 2007 - 3:13pm

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