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Species Spiramater grandis - Hodges#10300

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 Spiramater
Species grandis (Spiramater grandis - Hodges#10300)
Hodges Number
10300
Numbers
one of two species in the genus
Range
coast to coast in southern Canada and northern US
Season
adults fly from May to July
Food
larvae feed on alder, aspen, basswood, blueberry, cherry, dogwood, willow, and burdock
Remarks
Presumably a rare and/or local species that has very little information on the web - any additions appreciated.
Internet References
pinned adult image (John Glaser, Maryland)
larval hosts; PDF doc plus flight season (Macrolepidoptera of Mont Saint-Hilaire Region, McGill U., Montreal)