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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) » Leucaniini » Leucania » Many-lined Wainscot - Hodges#10446 (Leucania multilinea)

Species Leucania multilinea - Many-lined Wainscot - Hodges#10446

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Many-lined Wainscot - Leucania multilinea Leucania multilinea Noctuidae: Leucania adjuta - Leucania multilinea Many-lined Wainscot - Leucania multilinea Noctuidae: Leucania multilinea? - Leucania multilinea Many-lined Wainscot (Leucania multilinea) - Leucania multilinea Leucania multilinea Leucania multilinea - Leucania multilinea
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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 Leucaniini
Genus Leucania
Species multilinea (Many-lined Wainscot - Hodges#10446)
Hodges Number
10446
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Leucania multilinea Walker, 1856
Cirphis multilinea
Explanation of Names
MULTILINEA: literally, "many-lined" - the origin of the common name, based on the appearance of the forewing
Size
wingspan 33-50 mm
Identification
forewing light brown streaked with fine brown and blackish lines; black dot above white streak where Cu1 and M3 veins separate; PM line consists of two or three black dots; three sharp even gray lines across collar behind head (if visible, this characteristic is diagnostic) - Note: Other species can have this characteristic. Per Hampson, 1905, L. phragmitidicola can have three gray lines across collar behind head. Leucania adjuta also can have three lines based on DNA tested examples.
hindwing white with gray shading at outer margin
See Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (1)
Larvae: see Godfrey, 1972, p. 91 (2) & Wagner, 2011, p. 508 (3)
Range
British Columbia to Nova Scotia, south to Florida, west to Arizona
Season
adults fly from June to September
Food
larvae feed on grasses (Poaceae)
See Also
L. commoides has more black streaking, and L. lapidaria has less black streaking than the Many-lined Wainscot. L. lapidaria is probably the most similar, but it lacks L. multilinea's thick black streak that originates in the middle of the wing and runs straight to the outer edge.
Print References
Hampson, G.F. 1905. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum. 5: 482
Smith, J.B. 1903. Contributions toward a monograph of the Lepidopterous Family Noctuidae of boreal North America. A revision of the moths referred to the genus Leucania with descriptions of new species. No. 1283. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 25: 196.
Walker, F.W. 1856. Noctuidae. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 9: 97
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)(6)
Pacific Northwest Moths (PNM) (7)
E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (8)
Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (1)
Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF)
pinned adult image (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)
Works Cited
1.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
2.A Review and Reclassification of Larvae of the Subfamily Hadeninae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) of America North of Mexico
George L. Godfrey. 1972. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1450: 1-265.
3.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
6.Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)
7.Pacific Northwest Moths
8.University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 26 August, 2005 - 6:39pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Chuck Entz, Nick Block
Last updated 8 January, 2019 - 10:11am

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