Lithophane petulca Grote, 1874 is a animal in the Noctuidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Lithophane petulca Grote, 1874 (Lithophane petulca Grote, 1874)
🦋 Animalia

Lithophane petulca Grote, 1874

Lithophane petulca Grote, 1874

Lithophane petulca, the wanton pinion, is a Noctuidae cutworm/dart moth found in North America, with MONA/Hodges number 9889.

Family
Genus
Lithophane
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Lithophane petulca Grote, 1874

Lithophane petulca, commonly known as the wanton pinion, is a species of cutworm or dart moth belonging to the family Noctuidae. This species is native to and found in North America. Its assigned MONA (also called Hodges) number is 9889.

Photo: (c) Jim Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Jim Johnson · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuidae Lithophane

More from Noctuidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

Identify Lithophane petulca Grote, 1874 instantly — even offline

iNature uses on-device AI to identify plants, animals, fungi and more. No internet needed.

Download iNature — Free

Start Exploring Nature Today

Download iNature for free. 10 identifications on us. No account needed. No credit card required.

Download Free on App Store