Lycophotia phyllophora

Lycophotia phyllophora, the lycophotia moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found across southern and central Canada from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to western Ontario, and in the northern United States from Maine to Minnesota, south to Ohio, and along the Appalachians to western North Carolina.

Lycophotia phyllophora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lycophotia
Species:
L. phyllophora
Binomial name
Lycophotia phyllophora
(Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Agrotis phyllophora Grote, 1874
  • Heptagrotis phyllophora (Grote, 1874)

The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Alnus, Viburnum, Betula, Vaccinium, Prunus, Spiraea and Salix.

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