Genus of moths
L. antennata caterpillar on oak leafLithophane genus of moths of the family Noctuidae . They spend the winter as adults. Some species are capable of feeding on other caterpillars or on sawfly larvae, which is rather uncommon among Lepidoptera .[ 2]
Species
Lithophane abita Brou & Lafontaine, 2009 Lithophane adipel Benjamin, 1936 Lithophane alaina Boursin, 1957 Lithophane amanda (Smith, 1900) Lithophane antennata (Walker, 1858) Lithophane atara (Smith, 1909) Lithophane baileyi Grote, 1877 (syn: Lithophane vivida (Dyar, 1910) )Lithophane bethunei (Grote & Robinson, 1868) Lithophane boogeri J.T.Troubridge, 2006 Lithophane brachyptera (Staudinger, 1892) Lithophane consocia (Borkhausen, 1792) Lithophane contenta Grote, 1800 Lithophane contra (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924) Lithophane dailekhi Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999 Lithophane dilatocula (Smith, 1900) Lithophane disposita Morrison, 1874 Lithophane fagina Morrison, 1874 Lithophane franclemonti Metzler, 1998 Lithophane furcifera (Hufnagel, 1766) Lithophane furiosa Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999 Lithophane gansuana Kononenko, 2009 Lithophane gausapata Grote, 1883 Lithophane georgii Grote, 1875 Lithophane glauca Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998 Lithophane griseobrunnea Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999 Lithophane grotei (Riley, 1882) Lithophane hemina Grote, 1879 Lithophane holophaea Draudt, 1934 Lithophane innominata (Smith, 1893) Lithophane itata (Smith, 1899) Lithophane jeffreyi J.T. Troubridge & Lafontaine, 2003 Lithophane joannis Covell & Metzler 1992 Lithophane laceyi (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) Lithophane lamda (Fabricius, 1787) Lithophane lanei J.T.Troubridge, 2006 Lithophane lapidea (Hübner, [1808]) Lithophane laticinerea Grote, 1874 Lithophane laurentii Köhler, 1961 Lithophane leautieri (Boisduval, 1829) Lithophane ledereri Staudinger, 1891 Lithophane leeae Walsh, 2009 Lithophane lemmeri Barnes & Benjamin, 1929 Lithophane lepida Grote, 1878 Lithophane longior (Smith, 1899) Lithophane merckii (Rambur, 1832) Lithophane nagaii Sugi, 1958 Lithophane nasar (Smith, 1909) Lithophane oriunda Grote, 1874 Lithophane ornitopus (Hufnagel, 1766) Lithophane pacifica Kononenko, 1978 Lithophane patefacta (Walker, 1858) Lithophane pertorrida (McDunnough, 1942) Lithophane petulca Grote, 1874 (syn: Lithophane ferrealis Grote, 1874 )Lithophane pexata Grote, 1874 Lithophane plumbealis (Matsumura, 1926) Lithophane ponderosa J.T. Troubridge & Lafontaine, 2003 Lithophane pruena (Dyar, 1910) Lithophane pruinosa (Butler, 1878) Lithophane puella (Smith, 1900) Lithophane querquera Grote, 1874 (syn: Lithophane nigrescens (Engel, 1905) )Lithophane remota Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998 Lithophane rosinae (Püngeler, 1906) Lithophane scottae J.T.Troubridge, 2006 Lithophane semibrunnea (Haworth, 1809) Lithophane semiusta Grote, 1874 Lithophane signosa (Walker, 1857) Lithophane socia (Hufnagel, 1766) Lithophane subtilis Franclemont, 1969 Lithophane tarda (Barnes & Benjamin, 1925) Lithophane tephrina Franclemont, 1969 Lithophane tepida Grote, 1874 Lithophane thaxteri Grote, 1874 Lithophane thujae Webster & Thomas, 2000 Lithophane torrida (Smith, 1899) Lithophane trimorpha Hreblay & Ronkay, 1997 Lithophane unimoda (Lintner, 1878) Lithophane ustulata (Butler, 1878) Lithophane vanduzeei (Barnes, 1928) Lithophane venusta (Leech, 1889) Lithophane violascens Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999 Lithophane viridipallens Grote, 1867
References
Kononenko, Vladimir (2009). "Two new species of the subfamily Xyleninae from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae" (PDF) . Zootaxa . 1993 : 53– 60. doi :10.11646/zootaxa.1993.1.5 . Lithophane at funet.fiMetzler, Eric H. (1998). "Presidential Address 1997: A New Species of Lithophane (Noctuidae), from the Midwestern United States, Dedicated to the Purpose of the Lepidopterists' Society". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 52 (1). Lepidopterists' Society : 1– 8. OCLC 206960155 . Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Troubridge, J. T. (2006). "Three new species of Lithophane Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Xyleninae)" (PDF) . Zootaxa . 1284 : 61– 8. Troubridge, James T; Lafontaine, J Donald (2012). "A review of the pine-feeding Lithophane lepida species group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), with descriptions of two new species". The Canadian Entomologist . 135 : 53– 62. doi :10.4039/n02-041 . S2CID 85305804 . Webster, R.P.; Thomas, A.W. (1999). "A new species of Lithophane (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Cuculliini) from Northeastern North America" . Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society . 53 (2): 55– 59. OCLC 193285064 .
