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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 » Atlantic Arches Moth - Hodges#10297 (Lacanobia atlantica)

Species Lacanobia atlantica - Atlantic Arches Moth - Hodges#10297

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References

Atlantic Lacanobia - Lacanobia atlantica

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Moth - Atlantic Arches? - Lacanobia atlantica

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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 atlantica (Atlantic Arches Moth - Hodges#10297)

Hodges Number

10297

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

formerly in genus Mamestra

Identification

forewing pale brown with dark brown markings; subterminal line punctuated by large sharp W shape, pale in the middle, and dark brown on either side; claviform spot and basal dash dark brown and conspicuous

Range

coast to coast in southern Canada and adjacent parts of northern United States

Season

adults fly from May to September (two broods)

Food

larvae feed on various plants including alfalfa, clover, dandelion, plantain, honeysuckle, mountain-ash, oak, poplar, willow

Life Cycle

two generations per year

See Also

Lacanobia subjuncta has a black bar in forewing median area between AM and PM lines and the ST line is not as pale/prominent.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Pacific Northwest Moths

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

larval food plants; PDF doc plus flight season (Macrolepidoptera of Mount Saint-Hilaire Region, McGill U., Quebec)

US distribution map (Moths of North America; USGS)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 August, 2005 - 8:43pm
Additional contributions by Ethan Kistler, marcie oconnor, Steve Morris
Last updated 15 May, 2023 - 9:46am

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