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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Nolid Moths (Nolidae) » Nolinae » Nola » Sharp-blotched Nola Moth - Hodges#8989 (Nola pustulata)

Species Nola pustulata - Sharp-blotched Nola Moth - Hodges#8989

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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 Nolidae (Nolid Moths)
Subfamily Nolinae
Genus Nola
Species pustulata (Sharp-blotched Nola Moth - Hodges#8989)
Hodges Number
8989
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nola pustulata (Walker, 1865)
Erastria pustulata Walker, 1865
Nola nigrofasciata Zeller, 1872
Phylogenetic sequence # 931129
Numbers
Nola includes more than ten species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan approximately 18 mm.
Identification
The original description as Erastria pustulata Walker, is available online in the print references below.
Range
Massachusetts to Florida west to Missouri and Texas. (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
Habitat
Usually bogs and swamps.
Season
Adults are most common from April thru July.
Heppner (2003) reports May to July for Florida. (8)
Food
Heppner (2003) reports larval host unknown. (8)
McCabe (1996) reports larvae reared on Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC. (maleberry). (9)
Life Cycle
McCabe (1996) describes larva, and life cycle. (9)
See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Walker, 1865. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 795.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Dalton State
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
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 .
2.Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)
3.South Carolina Moth Species
4.Moths of Stengl "Lost Pines" Biological Research Station (University of Texas, Austin)
5.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
6.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
7.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
8.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
9.The Biology of Nola pustulata (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae; Nolinae)
Tim L. McCabe. 1996. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 104(1-2): 79-82.
Contributed by tom murray on 25 June, 2005 - 10:13pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Ethan Kistler
Last updated 24 May, 2013 - 11:13am

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