Phalaenostola eumelusalis

Phalaenostola eumelusalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Phalaenostola
Species: P. eumelusalis
Binomial name
Phalaenostola eumelusalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Herminia eumelusalis Walker, 1859

The Punctuated Owlet (Phalaenostola eumelusalis) is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from New Brunswick, North Dakota and South Dakota to Maine, south to Georgia and Iowa. In the north it is also found in Saskatchewan.

The wingspan is about 25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August. There seem to be two generations per year.

Larvae have been reared on dead grass.

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