A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (5/30/2020). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/4/2018). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (5/3/2020).

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A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (5/10/2019).

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A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (7/3/2019).

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A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (9/8/2019). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/12/2016). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 190531 - Psn: 35)

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Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/18/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 196628 - Psn: 45)

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A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (7/30/2020).

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A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/5/2015). Verified by Hugh McGuinness.

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Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/18/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 196673 - Psn: 55)

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A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/6/2020). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/11/2013).

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A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/16/2014).

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Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/3/2020). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 201828 - Psn: 65)

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Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/4/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 208599 - Psn: 65)

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Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/12/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 211364 - Psn: 65)

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Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Talbot Co., Maryland (4/21/2023). (c) jared satchell, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 786282 - Psn: 65)

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A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (5/10/2015). Determined by James T. Vargo/BugGuide.

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A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (8/2/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.

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A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth.

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A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth caterpillar in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/12/2018).

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Meganola phylla caterpillar in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/4/2022).

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A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (5/30/2020). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Dave Webb.

A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (5/4/2018). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (5/3/2020). View Record Details Media by Dave Webb.

A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (5/10/2019). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Washington Co., Maryland (7/3/2019). View Record Details Media by Mark Etheridge.

A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (9/8/2019). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Dave Webb.

A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (7/30/2020). View Record Details Media by Dave Webb.

A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/5/2015). Verified by Hugh McGuinness. View Record Details Media by Robert Aguilar, SERC.

A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/6/2020). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Dave Webb.

A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/11/2013). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/16/2014). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (5/10/2015). Determined by James T. Vargo/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Jonathan Willey.

A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (8/2/2015). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Dave Webb.

A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth. View Record Details Media by John Glaser.

A Coastal Plain Meganola Moth caterpillar in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/12/2018). View Record Details Media by Bob Cammarata.

Meganola phylla caterpillar in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/4/2022). View Record Details Media by Jim Moore.

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Meganola phylla

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Nolidae
Genus:	Meganola
Species:	M. phylla
Binomial name
*Meganola phylla* (Dyar, 1898)
Synonyms
Nola phylla Dyar, 1898

Meganola phylla, the coastal plain meganola moth, is a moth of the family Nolidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

The wingspan is 18–24 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from January to October, but are mainly found between April and August.^[1]

The larvae feed on Quercus species.

Taxonomy

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It was previously listed as a subspecies or even colour variant of Meganola minuscula.^[2]

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Taxon identifiers
Meganola phylla	Wikidata: Q19597843 BAMONA: Meganola-phylla BOLD: 16467 BugGuide: 343917 GBIF: 9532853 iNaturalist: 332250 ITIS: 939475 LepIndex: 35530 MONA: 8983.1 NatureServe: 2.858641 NCBI: 655046 Observation.org: 951881

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Coastal Plain Meganola Moth

Meganola phylla (Dyar, 1898)

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