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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Phalaenophana » Dark-banded Owlet - Hodges#8338 (Phalaenophana pyramusalis)

Species Phalaenophana pyramusalis - Dark-banded Owlet - Hodges#8338

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References

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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 Erebidae

Subfamily Herminiinae (Litter Moths)

Genus Phalaenophana

Species pyramusalis (Dark-banded Owlet - Hodges#8338)

Hodges Number

8338

Size

wingspan 20-25 mm

Identification

forewing ground color light gray, yellowish, or brownish; antemedial and postmedial areas each crossed by a broad band of darker color (sometimes with a greenish tint); reniform spot has a dark dot on each side, and orbicular spot has another black dot - these 3 dots form a triangular pattern near the middle of the wing; the dark-bordered pale subterminal line is jagged or wavy

Range

North America east of the Rockies

Season

adults fly from April through August

Food

larvae feed on dead leaves

Life Cycle

larva; adult

See Also

Several other members of the subfamily Herminiinae are superficially similar.

The female of Lascoria ambigualis is especially similar to this species:

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 May, 2005 - 6:34pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Chuck Entz, marcie oconnor, Blocky, Steve Morris
Last updated 9 July, 2022 - 9:32pm

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