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Species Zanclognatha laevigata - Variable Zanclognatha - Hodges#8345

Variable Fan-Foot (Zanclognatha laevigata) - Zanclognatha laevigata  Zanclognatha laevigata  - Zanclognatha laevigata variable Zanclognatha - Zanclognatha laevigata Pennsylvania Moth  - Zanclognatha laevigata Variable Zanclognatha - Zanclognatha laevigata Lépidoptère, famille Erebidae  - Zanclognatha laevigata Lépidoptère - Zanclognatha laevigata Lépidoptère - Zanclognatha laevigata
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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 Zanclognatha
Species laevigata (Variable Zanclognatha - Hodges#8345)
Hodges Number
8345
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Zanclognatha laevigata (Grote(1), 1872)
Polypogon laevigata (Grote, 1872)
Herminia laevigata Grote, 1872
Synonyms
Zanclognatha modestalis (Dyar, 1903)
Zanclognatha reversata (Dyar, 1903)
Zanclognatha obsoleta (J. B. Smith, 1884)
Phylogenetic sequence # 930492
Numbers
The genus Zanclognatha includes thirteen species listed for America, north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Grote (1872) described the wingspan as 35-40 mm.
Identification
Adult: Original Description - see Grote, 1872, in Print References
Larvae: See "Preliminary key to Zanclognatha larvae" (3)
Season
Adults are most common from June to August. (4)
Food
"Dead leaves and other detritus."(5)
Life Cycle
Larvae
Print References
Grote, A.R., 1872. Descriptions of North American Noctuidae, No. 2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 4: 95.