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Species Lacinipolia explicata - Explicit Arches - Hodges#10413

Explicit Arches - Lacinipolia explicata Caterpillar under fallen leaves - Lacinipolia explicata Lacinipolia explicata White and gray moth with a little green - Lacinipolia explicata Explicit Arches - Lacinipolia explicata Lacinipolia sp.? - Lacinipolia explicata Moth to blacklight - Lacinipolia explicata Explicit Arches - Lacinipolia explicata
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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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Eriopygini
Genus Lacinipolia
Species explicata (Explicit Arches - Hodges#10413)
Hodges Number
10413
Size
Wingspan 33 mm
TL: 15 - 17 mm  (1)  
Identification
Adult: Whitish FW has basal and median areas shaded with brown or greenish scales. AM and PM lines are edged white. White ST line is pierced by a black dash near anal angle.  (1)  

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Range
Southeastern United States: Kentucky, North Carolina, south to Florida, west to Missouri, Texas.
Season
April, September (two broods)
Print References
Covell, p. 104--description (2)
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
2.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.