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Species Nola clethrae - Sweet Pepperbush Nola Moth - Hodges#8996

Sweet Pepperbush Nola Moth - Hodges#8996 - Nola clethrae

Sweet Pepperbush Nola - Nola clethrae - male

Sweet Pepperbush Nola Moth - Nola clethrae

Moth to porch light - Nola clethrae - male

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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 Nolidae (Nolid Moths)

Subfamily Nolinae

Genus Nola

Species clethrae (Sweet Pepperbush Nola Moth - Hodges#8996)

Hodges Number

8996

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nola clethrae Dyar, 1899

Identification

See Franclemont in Forbes, 1960 p. 55 (1)

Season

Bivoltine on Block Island, RI, with peaks in abundance in May and July.(2)

See Also

Per Hugh McGuinness, only males in N. ovilla and clethrae can be reliably separated. The former has antennae that are fasciculate, whereas the latter has antennae that are pectinate. Also, ovilla is apparently known from only a very few examples. It is advised that questionable examples should be treated as clethrae until more information becomes available. (Full description including that of antennae by Franclemont in Forbes 1960 p. 55 (1))

Print References

Dyar, H.G. 1899. On the larvae of North American Nolidae, with descriptions of new species. The Canadian Entomologist. 31(3): 62

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults

BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens

Works Cited

1.	Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States Part IV Forbes, W.T.M. 1960. Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Memoir 371.

2.	Block Island Moths

Contributed by Tim Loh on 19 February, 2009 - 1:43am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, anitagould, Robert Lord Zimlich, Blocky
Last updated 17 June, 2022 - 7:43pm

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