Zanclognatha cruralis

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Zanclognatha cruralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Section: Cossina
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Zanclognatha
Species: Z. cruralis
Binomial name
Zanclognatha cruralis
(Guenée, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Polypogon cruralis Guenée, 1854

The Early Zanclognatha (Zanclognatha cruralis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Wisconsin east through southern Canada, south to Florida and Texas.

The wingspan is 28–30 mm. Adults are on wing from April to July. There are two generations per year in the south.

Larvae have been recorded on beech, hazel, hemlock, maple, nettle and red spruce. Larvae have been reared on dead oak leaves.

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