Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Lepidoptera Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Nolidae | |
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Similar Nola cereella, Homophoberia, Paectes abrostoloides, Meganola, Nola | ||
Meganola phylla, the Coastal Plain Meganola Moth, is a moth of the Nolidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
The wingspan is 18–24 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from January to October, but are mainly found between April and August.
The larvae feed on Quercus species.
Taxonomy
It was previously listed as a subspecies or even colour variant of Meganola minuscula.
References
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