Meganola phylla

Meganola phylla, the coastal plain meganola moth, is a moth of the family Nolidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

Meganola phylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Meganola
Species:
M. phylla
Binomial name
Meganola phylla
(Dyar, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Nola phylla Dyar, 1898

The wingspan is 18–24 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from January to October, but are mainly found between April and August.[1]

The larvae feed on Quercus species.

Taxonomy

It was previously listed as a subspecies or even colour variant of Meganola minuscula.[2]

References


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