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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Hadeninae » Hadenini » Lacanobia » Nevada Arches Moth - Hodges#10296 (Lacanobia nevadae)

Species Lacanobia nevadae - Nevada Arches Moth - Hodges#10296

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Hadeninae
Tribe Hadenini
Genus Lacanobia
Species nevadae (Nevada Arches Moth - Hodges#10296)
Hodges Number
10296
Other Common Names
currently has no common name; the proposed one is simply based on the scientific name
Identification
forewing a mix of dark and light brown: four areas are light-colored - patch at base of wing, orbicular spot, reniform spot, and subterminal area; a conspicuous white "W" is present halfway along the white subterminal line, with the bottom points of the "W" touching the outer edge of the wing; area beyond subterminal line is dark brown or grayish
Range
coast to coast in southern Canada and northern US
Season
adults fly from June to August
Food
larvae feed on leaves of birch, juniper, larch, and poplar
Remarks
Presumably a rare and/or local species with no live specimen photos and very little information on the web - any additions appreciated
Internet References
pinned adult image (CBIF)
pinned adult image and other info (California Dept. Food & Agriculture)
larval hosts; PDF doc and flight season (Macrolepidoptera of Mont Saint-Hilaire Region, McGill U., Montreal)
US distribution map (USGS)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 10 July, 2005 - 9:02pm
Additional contributions by Ethan Kistler
Last updated 21 June, 2007 - 6:26pm

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