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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Nolid Moths (Nolidae) » Nolinae » Meganola » Confused Meganola - Hodges#8983 (Meganola minuscula)

Species Meganola minuscula - Confused Meganola - Hodges#8983

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References
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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
Species minuscula (Confused Meganola - Hodges#8983)
Hodges Number
8983
Size
wingspan 14-24 mm
Identification
forewing pale gray and faintly mottled; 3 tufts of scales protrude from the basal half of the costa, giving the wing edges a bumpy appearance; a double postmedial (PM) line curves under the almost invisible reniform spot, then continues in a straight line to the inner margin of the wing; terminal line composed of several black dots
Range
California to Florida, north to Nova Scotia, west to Saskatchewan, plus BC
Season
adults fly in June and July in the north
larvae from May to September
Food
larvae feed on beech, oak, and willow
Life Cycle
1 or more generations, depending on latitude
See Also
Meganola phylla
Internet References
live adult images plus description and other info (Lynn Scott, Ontario)
pinned adult image (CBIF)
live larva image plus description and other info (Caterpillars of Eastern Forests, USGS)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 16 May, 2005 - 1:11am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Ethan Kistler
Last updated 20 December, 2009 - 4:17pm

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