Leuconycta lepidula | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Leuconycta |
Species: | L. lepidula
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Binomial name | |
Leuconycta lepidula (
Grote, 1874)
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Synonyms | |
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Leuconycta lepidula, the marbled-green leuconycta moth, marbled-green jaspidia or dark leuconycta, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. [1] [2] It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to North Carolina, west to Texas and north to Alberta. [3]
The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Taraxacum species, [4] including Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion).
Leuconycta lepidula | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Leuconycta |
Species: | L. lepidula
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Binomial name | |
Leuconycta lepidula (
Grote, 1874)
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Synonyms | |
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Leuconycta lepidula, the marbled-green leuconycta moth, marbled-green jaspidia or dark leuconycta, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. [1] [2] It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to North Carolina, west to Texas and north to Alberta. [3]
The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Taraxacum species, [4] including Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion).