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Species Phalaenostola metonalis - Pale Phalaenostola - Hodges#8362

Tufted Snout - Phalaenostola metonalis - male Pale Phalaenostola - Phalaenostola metonalis - male Phalaenostola metonalis - male Pale Phalaenostola - Hodges#8362 - Phalaenostola metonalis - male Pale Phalaenostola Moth - Phalaenostola metonalis - female Pale Phalaenostola - Phalaenostola metonalis - female 930512 – 8362 – Phalaenostola metonalis – Pale Phalaenostola - Phalaenostola metonalis - female Lepidoptera - Phalaenostola metonalis
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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 Erebidae
Subfamily Herminiinae (Litter Moths)
Genus Phalaenostola
Species metonalis (Pale Phalaenostola - Hodges#8362)
Hodges Number
8362
Other Common Names
Tufted Snout
Pale Epidelta
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
formerly Epidelta metonalis (and originally Herminia longilabris)
Size
wingspan 20-24 mm
Identification
labial palps very long (as long as head and thorax combined) and flattened laterally; male antennae broadly bipectinate, with each lateral branch 1 mm long; forewing light grayish-brown or yellowish-brown, often darker in median area and toward apex; AM and PM lines thin, curved, dark brown; reniform spot a short brown bar or crescent; some specimens have diffuse double ST line
hindwing lighter, especially in basal half, with the two lines of the forewing continuing across them, but not as clearly marked
Range
British Columbia to Newfoundland, south to North Carolina, west to Missouri
Habitat
meadows, edges, and other well-vegetated open areas; adults are nocturnal and attracted to light
Season
adults fly from June to August/September
Food
larvae feed on dead grass and dead leaves of deciduous trees; larvae will also eat dandelion and lettuce
See Also
no other species in subfamily Herminiinae has such long palps and such long pectinations on the male antennae
P. eumelusalis is larger and darker
P. hanhami is much darker chocolate brown, and better marked
The male's feathery antennae separate it from Zanclognatha species
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