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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Phalaenostola » Black-banded Owlet - Hodges#8364 (Phalaenostola larentioides)

Species Phalaenostola larentioides - Black-banded Owlet - Hodges#8364

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References
Black-Banded Owlet - Phalaenostola larentioides 8364 Black-banded Owlet - Phalaenostola larentioides Black-banded Owlet - Phalaenostola larentioides Black-banded Owlet - Phalaenostola larentioides Moth ID? - Phalaenostola larentioides Dark-Banded Owlet - Phalaenostola larentioides 8016607 - Phalaenostola larentioides A Herminiinae sp - Phalaenostola larentioides
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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 Phalaenostola
Species larentioides (Black-banded Owlet - Hodges#8364)
Hodges Number
8364
Size
wingspan 17-24 mm
Identification
Adult: forewing medium to dark gray with two broad blackish bands crossing wing; antemedial (AM), postmedial (PM), and subterminal (ST) lines black, wavy, and spaced approximately the same distance apart; hindwing color and pattern similar to forewing
some specimens are considerably paler than usual and more eaily confused with P. eumelusalis - see "See Also" section below
Range
New Brunswick to Florida, west to Texas and Ontario
Season
adults fly from May to September
Food
larvae feed on clover, grass, and dead leaves
See Also
pale adults may be confused with P. eumelusalis but in that species, the distance between the AM and PM line is at least 2x greater than the distance between the PM and ST line (whereas in P. larentioides, these distances are approximately equal); also, the PM and ST lines in eumelusalis tend to be more sharply toothed, whereas in larentioides, those lines are more smoothly wavy. Compare images of both species at CBIF.
Internet References
live and pinned adult images by various photographers, plus common name reference (Moth Photographers Group)
adult images and larval food (Larry Line, Maryland)
pinned adult image (CBIF)
common name reference plus flight season and larval food (Ohio State U.)
US distribution (Dalton State College, Georgia)
distribution in Canada list of provinces (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 March, 2005 - 11:36am
Last updated 1 September, 2006 - 10:52am

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