Leucania linda Franclemont, 1952 is a animal in the Noctuidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Leucania linda Franclemont, 1952

Leucania linda Franclemont, 1952

Leucania linda, the linda wainscot moth, is a Noctuidae moth found across parts of North America with a ~34 mm wingspan.

Family
Genus
Leucania
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Leucania linda Franclemont, 1952

Leucania linda (originally published as Orthodes linda), commonly called the linda wainscot moth, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. This species is found in North America, with confirmed records from the following locations: Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The wingspan of this moth measures approximately 34 millimeters. Adult linda wainscot moths are most commonly active on the wing between May and October.

Photo: (c) Kent Miller, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), uploaded by Kent Miller · cc-by-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuidae Leucania

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