Black-banded Owlet Moth
Phalaenostola larentioides Grote, 1873
Black-banded Owlet Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/7339
Synonyms
Hodges #8364 
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Phalaenostola larentioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Phalaenostola
Species:
P. larentioides
Binomial name
Phalaenostola larentioides
Grote, 1873
Synonyms
  • Phalaenostola citima Grote, 1873

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.

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

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  • 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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