A Marbled-green Leuconycta Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (4/29/2024).
A Marbled-green Leuconycta Moth collected in Allegany Co., Maryland.
Marbled-green Leuconycta Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/10/2023). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
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A Marbled-green Leuconycta Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (4/29/2024).
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A Marbled-green Leuconycta Moth collected in Allegany Co., Maryland.
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Marbled-green Leuconycta Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (6/10/2023). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Leuconycta |
| Species: | L. lepidula
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| Leuconycta lepidula (Grote, 1874)
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Leuconycta lepidula, the marbled-green leuconycta moth, marbled-green jaspidia or dark leuconycta, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874.[1][2] It is found in North America from Nova Scotia to North Carolina, west to Texas and north to Alberta.[3]
The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Taraxacum species,[4] including Taraxacum officinale (common dandelion).
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (September 5, 2019). "Leuconycta lepidula (Grote, 1874)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "932027.00 – 9066 – Leuconycta lepidula – Marbled-green Leuconycta Moth – (Grote, 1874)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ McLeod, Robin (November 30, 2013). "Species Leuconycta lepidula - Marbled-green Leuconycta - Hodges#9066". BugGuide. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ Anweiler, G. G. (November 12, 2003). "Species Details Leuconycta lepidula". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
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