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Black-banded Owlet
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Black-banded Owlet

Phalaenostola larentioides

Phalaenostola larentioides, the black-banded owlet, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. It is found in North America from New Brunswick and Wisconsin to Maine, south to Florida and Texas, west to Ontario.

The wingspan is 17 to 24 millimetres (0.67 to 0.94 in). Adults are on wing from May to September. There seem to be two or more generations per year.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 227683.