Phalaenostola hanhami

Phalaenostola hanhami
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Phalaenostola
Species: P. hanhami
Binomial name
Phalaenostola hanhami
(J.B. Smith, 1899)


The Hanham's Owlet or Hanham's Snout Moth (Phalaenostola hanhami) is a species of litter moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Nova Scotia, west across Canada to central Alberta, south to Massachusetts and New York.

The wingspan is 22–25 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.


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