Species Zanclognatha lituralis - Lettered Zanclognatha - Hodges#8340

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea

Family Erebidae

Subfamily Herminiinae (Litter Moths)

Genus Zanclognatha

Species lituralis (Lettered Zanclognatha - Hodges#8340)

Hodges Number

8340

Identification

three bold dark spots spaced along costa of forewing (and sometimes a fourth, faint, spot at base); thin black chevron near middle of wing; remainder of forewing medium brown with no conspicuous markings

Range

eastern United States and Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario

Season

adults fly from May to August

Food

larvae feed on dead leaves

Internet References

adult images (Larry Line, Maryland)

pinned adult image (CBIF)

pinned adult image (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)

common name reference plus larval food and flight season (Ohio State U.)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 14 August, 2005 - 9:01am
Additional contributions by JohnMaxwell22
Last updated 8 August, 2008 - 2:39pm

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