| Chytolita petrealis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Chytolita |
| Species: | C. petrealis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chytolita petrealis Grote, 1880 |
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The Lesser Gray Chytolita, Stone-winged Owlet or Lesser Luteous Snout (Chytolita petrealis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Alberta to Nova Scotia, south to Florida and Texas.
The wingspan is 22-30 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July. There is one generation per year in the north, from Missouri and southern New Jersey southward there is at least a partial second generation.
Larvae have been reared on dead and dried white oak leaves.