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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Eustrotiinae » Protodeltote » Pale Glyph - Hodges#9048 (Protodeltote albidula)

Species Protodeltote albidula - Pale Glyph - Hodges#9048

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Noctuidae: Protodeltote albidula - Protodeltote albidula

Protodeltote albidula ? - Protodeltote albidula

Unidentified pale moth - Protodeltote albidula

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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 Eustrotiinae

Genus Protodeltote

Species albidula (Pale Glyph - Hodges#9048)

Hodges Number

9048

Other Common Names

Pale Glyph

Pale "Lithacodia"

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Protodeltote albidula (Guenée, 1852)

Lithacodia albidula

* phylogenetic sequence #931291

Numbers

Two Protodeltote species occur in America north of Mexico.(1)

Range

throughout North America, north to the arctic

Habitat

mesic areas of tall grasses and other low vegetation

Season

adults fly from June to August

Food

larvae feed on grasses

Remarks

common and widespread species is easily flushed during daylight and is also attracted to lights

Print References

Lafontaine J. D., and B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 46.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum - description and pinned adult.

Moths of North Dakota - species account.

Moth Photographers Group - photo of living Protodeltote albidula and related species.

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 4 February, 2005 - 11:13pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Jay Greenberg, Chris Grinter, marcie oconnor, Steve Morris
Last updated 25 December, 2022 - 8:14am

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