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Genus Phalaenostola

Hanham's Owlet - Hodges#8365 - Phalaenostola hanhami - female

Black-banded Owlet - Hodges#8364 - Phalaenostola larentioides

curled snout - Phalaenostola larentioides

Snout/owlet moth - Phalaenostola eumelusalis - female

Lépidoptère - Phalaenostola eumelusalis - male

Erebidae, Black-banded Owlet - Phalaenostola larentioides

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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

Other Common Names

only P. larentioides has a widely-accepted common name (Black-banded Owlet), although P. metonalis has been called Tufted Snout and Pale Phalaenostola (waskasoopark.ca)

Numbers

4 species in North America (Nearctica.com)

4 species in Canada, all are present in the east from New Brunswick to Ontario (CBIF)

Internet References

pinned adult images of all 4 North American species (CBIF)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 14 January, 2005 - 9:59pm

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