Pinions

L. antennata caterpillar on oak leaf

Lithophane is a 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

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.fi
• Metzler, 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. Lepidopterists' Society. 52 (1): 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.