Biology:Deltote musta

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Short description: Species of moth

Deltote musta
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Deltote
Species:
D. musta
Binomial name
Deltote musta
(Grote & Robinson, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Erastria musta Grote & Robinson, 1868
  • Lithacodia musta
  • Eustrotia musta

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]

The wingspan is 15–19 mm. Adults have dark greenish forewings with blackish shading and lines. The reniform spot is round or broadly oval, white with reddish-brown and white filling. The hindwings are gray. Adults are on wing from May to September.

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