Zanclognatha cruralis
| Zanclognatha cruralis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Herminiinae |
| Genus: | Zanclognatha |
| Species: | Z. cruralis |
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| Zanclognatha cruralis (Guenée, 1854) | |
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Zanclognatha cruralis, the early zanclognatha, is a species of litter moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from Wisconsin east through southern Canada, south to Florida and Texas.
The wingspan is 28–30 mm. Adults are on wing from April to July. There are two generations per year in the south.
Larvae have been recorded on beech, hazel, hemlock, maple, nettle and red spruce. Larvae have been reared on dead oak leaves.
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