Phalaenostola larentioides
Phalaenostola larentioides, the black-banded owlet, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. It is found in North America from New Brunswick and Wisconsin to Maine, south to Florida and Texas, west to Ontario.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Phalaenostola |
| Species: | P. larentioides |
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| Phalaenostola larentioides Grote, 1873 | |
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The wingspan is 17 to 24 millimetres (0.67 to 0.94 in). Adults are on wing from May to September. There seem to be two or more generations per year.
The larvae feed on dead grass, leaf litter and living clover leaves.
References
- Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.
- "930514.00 – 8364 – Phalaenostola larentioides – Black-banded Owlet Moth – Grote, 1873". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- McLeod, Robin (November 18, 2018). "Species Phalaenostola larentioides - Black-banded Owlet - Hodges#8364". BugGuide. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
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