Leucania insueta

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Noctuidae

'The Noctuids are members of the Superfamily Noctuoidea. Worldwide in distribution, this family is the largest in the Lepidoptera and has approximately 20,000 species. About 2,900 of these are found in North America, and there is wide variation in appearance and behavior. Most moths are gray to brown in color and have line or spots on their wings . Some species are brightly colored . They are small to large in size, and most species are medium-sized with wingspans 2 - 4.5 cm. When at rest, adults of most species hold their wings above their bodies like a roof. Noctuids are typically nocturnal , though some species are diurnal . Most larvae feed on plant foliage , dead leaves, lichens, and fungi; many are serious forest pests. Some species are leaf miners, others are stem- or leaf-borers, and still others feed at night on plant shoots. Noctuid moths pupate in cells in soil, in plant cavities, or in silk cocoons .

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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Leucania

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 29 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. adjuta (Adjutant Wainscot) · L. anteroclera (Leucania Anteroclera) · L. calidior (Leucania Calidior) · L. comma (Leucania Comma) · L. commoides (Leucania Commoides) · L. extincta (Leucania Extincta) · L. farcta (Leucania Farcta) · L. februalis (Leucania Februalis) · L. formosana (Rren in Seitz) · L. imperfecta (Leucania Imperfecta) · L. incognita (Leucania Incognita) · L. inermis (Unarmed Wainscot) · L. infatuans (Leucania Infatuans) · L. insueta (Leucania Insueta) · L. lapidaria (Leucania Lapidaria) · L. latiuscula (Leucania Latiuscula) · L. linda (Leucania Linda) · L. linita (Leucania Linita) · L. multilinea (Many-Lined Wainscot) · L. oaxacana (Leucania Oaxacana) · L. perstrigata (Leucania Perstrigata) · L. phragmitidicola (Phragmites Wainscot) · L. pilipalpis (Leucania Pilipalpis) · L. pseudargyria (False Wainscot) · L. scirpicola (Scirpus Wainscot) · L. sp. (Leucania Sp.) · L. stolata (Leucania Stolata) · L. subpunctata (Leucania Subpunctata) · L. ursula (Ursula Wainscot)

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Further Reading

• Annual report of the New Jersey State Museum. Trenton, N.J.: MacCrellish & Quigley, url p. 458.
• Annual report of the New Jersey state museum. 1901-12, 1914. Trenton, New Jersey. [etc.]1902-15. url p. 458.
• Annual report of the Regents of the University on the condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, with catalogues of the same. Albany, N.Y.: The University, 1848-1873. url p. 199.
• Biological survey of the Mount Desert Region, conducted by William Procter... From the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Mount Desert Island, Maine. Philadelphia, The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, 1927-1946. url p. 241.
• Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick. St. John, N. B., Natural History Society of New Brunswick. url p. 217.
• Butterflies and moths of Newfoundland and Labrador: the macrolepidoptera / [Ottawa]: Agriculture Canada, 1980. url p. 137, p. 138, p. 283, p. 336.
• Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. London: Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1898-19. url p. 521.
• Entomological contributions by J.A. Lintner Albany: Weed, Parsons, 1872-1878 url p. 67, p. 67.
• Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. .. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1877-93. url p. 22.
• Insects of New Jersey; a list of the species occurring in New Jersey, with notes on those of economic importance, by John B. Smith. Trenton, N. J., MacCrellish & Quigley, state printers, 1900. url p. 417.
• List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum / London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1854-66. url p. 95.
• List of the specimens of the British animals in the collection of the British museum. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1845-55. url .
• On a collection of butterflies. London, 1880-98 url p. 658, p. 660.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 25 1903 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 193.
• Psyche. Cambridge, Mass.: Cambridge Entomological Club url p. 135.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 80.
• The Canadian entomologist. Ottawa [etc.]Entomological Society of Canada [etc.] url p. 177, p. 28, p. 28, p. 345, p. 345.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 663.
• The Lepidopterists' news: the monthly newsletter of the Lepidopterists' Society. Cambridge, Mass.: Lepidopterists' Society, 1947-1958. url p. 104.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2632218
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-256219.0
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 188864
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IILE199226
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 155460

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=34&sci=Noctuidae&com=Owlet Moths, Miller Moths [back]

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