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Species Lochmaeus bilineata - Double-lined Prominent - Hodges#7999

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Lochmaeus bilineata Lochmaeus bilineata? - Lochmaeus bilineata Double-lined Prominent - Hodges#7999 - Lochmaeus bilineata Double-lined Prominent? - Lochmaeus bilineata Lochmaeus bilineata Double-lined Prominent - Hodges#7999 - Lochmaeus bilineata Double-lined Prominent - Lochmaeus bilineata - female Pennsylvania Caterpillar - Lochmaeus bilineata
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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Heterocampinae
Genus Lochmaeus
Species bilineata (Double-lined Prominent - Hodges#7999)

Hodges Number

7999

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lochmaeus bilineata (Packard, 1864)
phylogenetic sequence # 930091

Size

wingspan 32-40 mm

Identification

forewing gray to brownish-gray, darkest in median area; AM and PM lines distinct, broadly scalloped; PM line has two concave sections; reniform spot indistinct


Specimen identified by DNA analysis:

Range

e. NA - Map (MPG)

Habitat

deciduous woods, treed parks

Season

adults fly from April to October in the south; June to August in the north

Food

larvae feed on basswood, beech, birch, elm, oak

Life Cycle

Larva; Adult Female:

Print References

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

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG
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 .
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 14 August, 2005 - 8:24pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Ethan Kistler, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 10 March, 2019 - 2:03pm

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