Species Nycteola cinereana - Hodges#8977

Classification · Hodges Number · Food

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea

Family Nolidae (Nolid Moths)

Subfamily Chloephorinae

Genus Nycteola

Species cinereana (Nycteola cinereana - Hodges#8977)

Hodges Number

8977

Food

Larvae feed on trees in the genus Populus: cottonwoods, aspens and poplars

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 19 February, 2006 - 12:38am

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