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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Pinions (Lithophane) » Grote's Pinion - Hodges#9915 (Lithophane grotei)

Species Lithophane grotei - Grote's Pinion - Hodges#9915

Classification · Hodges Number · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Xylenini
Subtribe Xylenina
Genus Lithophane (Pinions)
Species grotei (Grote's Pinion - Hodges#9915)
Hodges Number
9915
Range
southeastern Canada and northeastern US, south (in the Appalachians?) to North Carolina
Season
adults fly from March to May and again from September to November
Food
larvae feed on apple, birch, chokecherry, maple
Remarks
A cold-weather species, usually seen in early spring and late fall.
See Also
L. laticinera and unimoda. Compare images of all 3 species.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 27 March, 2005 - 9:10am
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Steve Morris
Last updated 1 April, 2022 - 5:23pm

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