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Lithophane thaxteri

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Scientific name
  
Lithophane thaxteri

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lithophane

Rank
  
Species

Lithophane thaxteri

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Thaxter's Pinion (Lithophane thaxteri) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in North America. See the subspecies section for more details.

The wingspan is about 36 mm.

The larvae mainly feed on Myrica gale.

Subspecies

  • Lithophane thaxteri thaxteri (Grote, 1874) – Massachusetts
  • Lithophane thaxteri alaskensis (Barnes, 1928) – Alaska
  • Lithophane thaxteri rosetta (Barnes, 1928) – British Columbia

    • References

    Lithophane thaxteri Wikipedia
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