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Lithomoia germana

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Lithomoia germana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lithomoia
Species:
L. germana
Binomial name
Lithomoia germana
(Morrison, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Calocampa germana Morrison, 1874

Lithomoia germana, the American brindle, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Alaska to Newfoundland south to Pennsylvania, Colorado and Oregon.

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-April to early May and again from mid-August to the beginning of October.

The larvae feed on various trees and woody shrubs of the families Salicaceae and Betulaceae. Adults feed on nectar of goldenrod flowers.

It hibernates as an adult.

Subspecies

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  • Lithomoia germana germana
  • Lithomoia germana morrisoni Barnes & Benjamin, 1922 (Alaska)
  • Lithomoia germana albertae McDunnough, 1938 (Alberta)
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