Deltote musta
Species of moth
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Deltote musta, the small mossy lithacodia moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1868.[1] It is found in the US from New Hampshire to Florida, west to Arizona and north to Wisconsin.[2]
| Small mossy lithacodia moth | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Deltote |
| Species: | D. musta |
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| Deltote musta | |
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The wingspan is 15–19 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.
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