Zanclognatha martha
| Zanclognatha martha | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Herminiinae |
| Genus: | Zanclognatha |
| Species: | Z. martha |
| Binomial name | |
| Zanclognatha martha Barnes, 1928 | |
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The Pine Barrens Zanclognatha or Martha’s Zanclognatha (Zanclognatha martha) is a litter moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Ohio to Maine, south in the mountains to North Carolina and along the Coastal Plain to Texas.
Larva
The wingspan is about 25 mm. There is one generation in Connecticut and Missouri and two generations in the south.
The larvae feed on detritus in dry oak-pitch pine woodlands.
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