Spiloloma

Spiloloma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Spiloloma lunilinea, the moon-lined moth, is found in eastern and south-central North America. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873.[1][2][3]

Spiloloma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Spiloloma
Grote, 1873
Species:
S. lunilinea
Binomial name
Spiloloma lunilinea
Grote, 1873
Synonyms
  • Strenoloma Grote, 1880

The wingspan is 44–54 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August.

The larvae feed on Gleditsia triacanthos.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Spiloloma Grote 1873". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spiloloma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  3. Savela, Markku (July 3, 2019). "Spiloloma Grote, 1873". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 25, 2019.


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