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Lithophane adipel

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Scientific name
  
Lithophane adipel

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lithophane

Rank
  
Species

Lithophane adipel

Lithophane adipel is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in from the southeastern United States north to Canada, from the maritime provinces and northeastern states west across the southern boreal forest zone to central Alberta. In Alberta it is only found in the Redwater sands. Some authors consider it a subspecies of Lithophane lepida.

The wingspan is about 42 mm.

References

Lithophane adipel Wikipedia