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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) » Eriopygini » Lacinipolia » Explicit Arches - Hodges#10413 (Lacinipolia explicata)

Species Lacinipolia explicata - Explicit Arches - Hodges#10413

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · 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 Eriopygini
Genus Lacinipolia
Species explicata (Explicit Arches - Hodges#10413)
Hodges Number
10413
Size
Wingspan 33 mm
TL: 15 - 17 mm  (1)  
Identification
Adult: Whitish FW has basal and median areas shaded with brown or greenish scales. AM and PM lines are edged white. White ST line is pierced by a black dash near anal angle.  (1)  

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Range
Southeastern United States: Kentucky, North Carolina, south to Florida, west to Missouri, Texas.
Season
April, September (two broods)
See Also
Lacinipolia implicata
Lacinipolia laudabilis
Print References
Covell, p. 104--description (2)
Internet References
Maryland Moths
Moth Photographer's Group
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
2.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Contributed by Cotinis on 7 September, 2005 - 4:11am
Additional contributions by John VanDyk, Tony-2, Robert Lord Zimlich, Steve Morris
Last updated 8 May, 2023 - 8:29am

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