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A Dark Phalaenostola Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/5/2016). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Mark Etheridge.
Dark Phalaenostola Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/18/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
Dark Phalaenostola Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (7/26/2018). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
A Dark Phalaenostola Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/9/2016). Identification verified by Hugh McGuinness/iNaturalist and Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Timothy Reichard.
A Dark Phalaenostola Moth in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/24/2014). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Mark Etheridge.
A Dark Phalaenostola Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (7/18/2017).
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Josh Emm.
A Dark Phalaenostola Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (6/19/2014). Verified by Jack Foreman/BugGuide.
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TJ Walters.
Dark Phalaenostola Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/12/2021). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Frode Jacobsen.
Dark Phalaenostola Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/7/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
Dark Phalaenostola Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/5/2021). (c) Ashley Rodeheaver, all rights reserved.
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Ashley Rodeheaver.
Dark Phalaenostola Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/3/2023). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
Dark Phalaenostola Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Josh Emm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Josh Emm.
Dark Phalaenostola Moth in Carroll Co., Maryland (6/18/2021). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Emilio Concari.
A Dark Phalaenostola Moth in Harford Co., Maryland (6/8/2018). Determined by Maury J. Heiman/BugGuide.
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Dave Webb.
Dark Phalaenostola Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/4/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
Dark Phalaenostola Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/26/2022). (c) Alina Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Alina Martin via iNaturalist.
A Dark Phalaenostola Moth collected in Harford Co., Maryland (5/30/2002).
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John Glaser.
Source: Wikipedia
Phalaenostola eumelusalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Phalaenostola |
Species: | P. eumelusalis
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Binomial name | |
Phalaenostola eumelusalis (Walker, 1859)
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Phalaenostola eumelusalis, the punctuated owlet or dark phalaenostola, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in North America from New Brunswick, North Dakota and South Dakota to Maine, south to Georgia and Iowa. In the north it is also found in Saskatchewan.
The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August. There seem to be two generations per year.
Larvae have been reared on dead grass.
References
[edit]- 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.
- "930513.00 – 8363 – Phalaenostola eumelusalis – Dark Phalaenostola Moth – (Walker, 1859)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
- McLeod, Robin (April 21, 2007). "Species Phalaenostola eumelusalis - Dark Phalaenostola - Hodges#8363". BugGuide. Retrieved January 29, 2020.