Lithophane (moth)

Genus of moths

Lithophane
Lithophane thaxteri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subtribe: Xylenina
Genus: Lithophane
Hübner, 1821[1]
L. antennata caterpillar on oak leaf

Lithophane is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. They spend the winter as adults. Some species are capable of feeding on other caterpillars or on sawfly larvae, which is rather uncommon among Lepidoptera.[2]

Species

References

  1. ^ "Lithophane Hübner, 1821". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. ^ Bugguide.net. Carnivorous Lepidoptera
  • Kononenko, Vladimir (2009). "Two new species of the subfamily Xyleninae from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1993: 53–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1993.1.5.
  • Lithophane at funet.fi
  • Metzler, Eric H. (1998). "Presidential Address 1997: A New Species of Lithophane (Noctuidae), from the Midwestern United States, Dedicated to the Purpose of the Lepidopterists' Society". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 52 (1). Lepidopterists' Society: 1–8. OCLC 206960155.
  • Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
  • Troubridge, J. T. (2006). "Three new species of Lithophane Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Xyleninae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1284: 61–8. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1284.1.4.
  • Troubridge, James T; Lafontaine, J Donald (2012). "A review of the pine-feeding Lithophane lepida species group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), with descriptions of two new species". The Canadian Entomologist. 135: 53–62. doi:10.4039/n02-041. S2CID 85305804.
  • Webster, R.P.; Thomas, A.W. (1999). "A new species of Lithophane (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Cuculliini) from Northeastern North America". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 53 (2): 55–59. OCLC 193285064. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2016-12-20.


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