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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Nolid Moths (Nolidae) » Nolinae » Meganola

Genus Meganola

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The Fates Smiled - Confused Meganola - Meganola minuscula - male Meganola Moth unknown - Meganola Confused Meganola - Meganola minuscula - male Meganola? - Meganola minuscula Confused Meganola - Meganola minuscula 8983.2 Ashy Meganola - Meganola spodia Meganola minuscula - female
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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 Nolidae (Nolid Moths)
Subfamily Nolinae
Genus Meganola
Numbers
7 species in North America (nearctica.com)
2 species in Canada (CBIF)
Size
wingspan 14-24 mm
Range
most of US and southern Canada
Season
adults fly in June and July in the north
Food
larvae feed on the leaves of various trees
Internet References
pinned adult images of M. minuscula, spodia (CBIF)
live larva image of M. minuscula (Caterpillars of Eastern Forests, USGS)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 16 May, 2005 - 12:33am

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