Zanclognatha martha

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Zanclognatha martha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Zanclognatha
Species: Z. martha
Binomial name
Zanclognatha martha
Barnes, 1928
Synonyms
  • Polypogon martha (Barnes, 1928)

The Pine Barrens Zanclognatha or Martha’s Zanclognatha (Zanclognatha martha) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Ohio to Maine, south in the mountains to North Carolina and along the Coastal Plain to Texas.

Larva

The wingspan is about 25 mm. There is one generation in Connecticut and Missouri and two generations in the south.

The larvae feed on detritus in dry oak-pitch pine woodlands.

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