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Species Nola triquetrana - Three-spotted Nola - Hodges#8992

Three-spotted Nola Moth - Hodges #8992 - Nola triquetrana

Unidentified moth-09-Bayfield - Nola triquetrana

8992, Nola triquetrana, Three-spotted Nola - Nola triquetrana

Nola triquetrana - Three-spotted Nola - Nola triquetrana

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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 Nolidae (Nolid Moths)

Subfamily Nolinae

Genus Nola

Species triquetrana (Three-spotted Nola - Hodges#8992)

Hodges Number

8992

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nola triquetrana (Fitch, 1856)

Size

TL ≈ 9-10mm

Identification

Adult: FW gray with basal section of costa edged black. AM strongly kinked near costa, forming a V-shape. Mid-point of costa is marked with blackish triangle. Toothed PM and ST are faint. (1)

Food

Common foodplant is witch hazel.

Remarks

Can be abundant in the foothills of the Appalachians, woodlands, and forests.

See Also

Dyspyralis puncticosta

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – images of live & pinned adults

BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens

Encylopdia of Life – pinned images of adults

pinned photo

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.

Contributed by tom murray on 20 November, 2005 - 7:14pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Ethan Kistler, Nick Block, Robert Lord Zimlich, marcie oconnor, Fyn Kynd
Last updated 26 February, 2016 - 9:10pm

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