Balsa tristrigella
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The Three-lined Balsa Moth (Balsa tristrigella) is a species of moth
of the Noctuidae
family. It is found in eastern North America
.
The wingspan
is 25-30 mm. Adults have light gray forewings, shading to brownish in the distal third. There are several thin black lines running longitudinally along the wing, becoming thicker in the distal half. The hindwings are pale yellowish-gray with a thin dark terminal line. They are on wing from May to August.
The larvae feed on Crataegus
species.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. It is found in eastern North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 25-30 mm. Adults have light gray forewings, shading to brownish in the distal third. There are several thin black lines running longitudinally along the wing, becoming thicker in the distal half. The hindwings are pale yellowish-gray with a thin dark terminal line. They are on wing from May to August.
The larvae feed on Crataegus
Crataegus
Crataegus , commonly called hawthorn or thornapple, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. The name hawthorn was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe,...
species.