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.
| Spiloloma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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The wingspan is 44–54 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August.
The larvae feed on Gleditsia triacanthos.
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