Lithophane adipel

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Lithophane adipel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lithophane
Species: L. adipel
Binomial name
Lithophane adipel
Benjamin, 1936

Lithophane adipel is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in from the southeastern United States north to Canada, from the maritime provinces and northeastern states west across the southern boreal forest zone to central Alberta. In Alberta it is only found in the Redwater sands. Some authors consider it a subspecies of Lithophane lepida.

The wingspan is about 42 mm.

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