Bug FAQGrayish Fan-foot
Zanclognatha pedipilalis · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Erebidae
Also called: Grayish Fanfoot, Grayish Zanclognatha, Grayish Zanclognatha Moth
The grayish fan-foot moth has a wingspan of about 2.4 to 3.0 cm. It lives in eastern North America, from Nova Scotia down to Florida and west to Alberta and Kansas. Adults fly from May through August.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Zanclognatha pedipilalis is a litter moth in the family Erebidae.
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Size
The wingspan ranges from 24 to 30 mm.
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What it eats
Caterpillars eat dead leaves in deciduous forests.
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When you see it
Adults are on the wing from May to August.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 34 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, New York, Maryland, Virginia.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in United States; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanclognatha_pedipilalis
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