Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Phlogophora periculosa | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Phlogophora Rank Species | |
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Similar Enargia decolor, Elaphria versicolor, Enargia infumata, Amphipyra pyramidoides, Chytonix | ||
The brown angle shades (Phlogophora periculosa) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from coast to coast in the northern United States and southern Canada, south in the east to Georgia and Mississippi, south in the west to California (it is not present in Florida and the south-central states).
The wingspan is 42–50 mm. Adults are on wing from late July to October.
The larvae feed on the leaves of various woody plants, including alder, balsam fir, cranberry and plum.
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