Phalaenostola larentioides

Phalaenostola larentioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Phalaenostola
Species: P. larentioides
Binomial name
Phalaenostola larentioides
Grote, 1873
Synonyms
  • Phalaenostola citima Grote, 1873

The Black-banded Owlet (Phalaenostola larentioides) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from New Brunswick and Wisconsin to Maine, south to Florida and Texas, west to Ontario.

The wingspan is 17 to 24 millimetres (0.67 to 0.94 in). Adults are on wing from May to September. There seem to be two or more generations per year.

The larvae feed on dead grass, leaf litter and living clover leaves.

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