Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae | |
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The Black-banded Owlet (Phalaenostola larentioides) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from New Brunswick and Wisconsin to Maine, south to Florida and Texas, west to Ontario.
The wingspan is 17 to 24 millimetres (0.67 to 0.94 in). Adults are on wing from May to September. There seem to be two or more generations per year.
The larvae feed on dead grass, leaf litter and living clover leaves.
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Phalaenostola larentioides Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA