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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Hadeninae » Hadenini » Lacanobia » Atlantic Arches Moth - Hodges#10297 (Lacanobia atlantica)

Species Lacanobia atlantica - Atlantic Arches Moth - Hodges#10297

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References
Atlantic Lacanobia - Lacanobia atlantica looks like but way too big - Lacanobia atlantica
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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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Hadeninae
Tribe Hadenini
Genus Lacanobia
Species atlantica (Atlantic Arches Moth - Hodges#10297)
Hodges Number
10297
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly in genus Mamestra
Identification
forewing pale brown with dark brown markings; subterminal line punctuated by large sharp W shape, pale in the middle, and dark brown on either side; claviform spot and basal dash dark brown and conspicuous
Range
coast to coast in southern Canada and adjacent parts of northern United States
Season
adults fly from May to September (two broods)
Food
larvae feed on various plants including alfalfa, clover, dandelion, plantain, honeysuckle, mountain-ash, oak, poplar, willow
Life Cycle
two generations per year
Internet References
pinned adult image (CBIF)
larval food plants; PDF doc plus flight season (Macrolepidoptera of Mount Saint-Hilaire Region, McGill U., Quebec)
US distribution map (Moths of North America; USGS)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 August, 2005 - 8:43pm
Additional contributions by Ethan Kistler
Last updated 21 June, 2007 - 6:26pm

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