Lycophotia phyllophora
| Lycophotia phyllophora | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Lycophotia |
| Species: | L. phyllophora |
| Binomial name | |
| Lycophotia phyllophora (Grote, 1874) | |
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The Lycophotia Moth (Lycophotia phyllophora) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found across southern and central Canada from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to western Ontario, and in the northern United States from Maine to Minnesota, south to Ohio, and along the Appalachians to western North Carolina.
The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Alnus, Viburnum, Betula, Vaccinium, Prunus, Spiraea and Salix.