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Species Zanclognatha laevigata - Variable Zanclognatha - Hodges#8345

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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.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - Images of live & pinned adults (4)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Moths of North Carolina
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
3.A new Zanclognatha from eastern North America and a preliminary key to the larvae of the genus...
Wagner, D.L. & T.L. McCabe. 2011. ZooKeys 149: 89-101.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Cotinis on 23 January, 2006 - 9:11pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Jason D. Roberts, Maury Heiman, Vox Sciurorum, marcie oconnor, Steve Morris
Last updated 21 February, 2023 - 2:46pm

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