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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Hadenini » Lacanobia » Lacanobia grandis - Hodges#10300 (Lacanobia grandis)

Species Lacanobia grandis - Hodges#10300

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Hadenini
Genus Lacanobia
Species grandis (Lacanobia grandis - Hodges#10300)
Hodges Number
10300
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Spiramater grandis
Range
coast to coast in southern Canada and northern US
Season
On Block Island, RI, adults fly mainly in June; records there extend from mid-May to mid-July.(1)
Food
larvae feed on alder, aspen, basswood, blueberry, cherry, dogwood, willow, and burdock
See Also
Speckled Cutworm (Lacanobia subjuncta) is similar but lacks the conspicuous pale band in subterminal area
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Pacific Northwest Moths
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
pinned adult image (John Glaser, Maryland)
US distribution map (USGS)
larval hosts; PDF doc plus flight season (Macrolepidoptera of Mont Saint-Hilaire Region, McGill U., Montreal)
Works Cited
1.Block Island Moths
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 10 July, 2005 - 10:00pm
Additional contributions by Ethan Kistler, Chris Grinter, Blocky, Steve Morris
Last updated 19 November, 2022 - 9:15pm

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