Phalaenostola
Encyclopedia
Phalaenostola is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
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...
s 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.
Species
- Phalaenostola eumelusalisPhalaenostola eumelusalisThe Punctuated Owlet is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from New Brunswick, North Dakota and South Dakota to Maine, south to Georgia and Iowa. In the north it is also found in Saskatchewan....
– Punctuated Owlet (Walker, 1859) - Phalaenostola hanhamiPhalaenostola hanhamiThe Hanham's Owlet or Hanham's Snout Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Nova Scotia, west across Canada to central Alberta, south to Massachusetts and New York....
– Hanham's Owlet J.B. Smith, 1899 - Phalaenostola larentioidesPhalaenostola larentioidesThe Black-banded Owlet is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from New Brunswick and Wisconsin to Maine, south to Florida and Texas, west to Ontario.The wingspan is 17-24 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September...
– Black-Banded Owlet Grote, 1873 - Phalaenostola metonalisPhalaenostola metonalisThe Pale Phalaenostola, Tufted Snout or Pale Epidelta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from British Columbia to Newfoundland, south to North Carolina, west to Missouri....
– Tufted Snout Walker, 1859