Amolita
Grote, 1874
Species Guides
4- Amolita fessa(Feeble Grass Moth)
- Amolita fratercula
- Amolita obliqua(oblique grass moth)
- Amolita roseola
Amolita is a of established by Grote in 1874. The genus contains approximately 13 described , including the feeble (A. fessa) and the oblique grass moth (A. obliqua). Species are distributed in North America, with records from the United States including Vermont. The genus is classified within the Erebidae (formerly placed in Noctuidae), Acronictinae.
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Distribution
North America; documented from the United States including Vermont.
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Taxonomic placement
Sources disagree on placement: Wikipedia and iNaturalist place Amolita in Erebidae, while GBIF and NCBI place it in Noctuidae. This reflects ongoing taxonomic revisions; Erebidae is the more recent classification following molecular studies that split the traditional Noctuidae.
Common species names
Two have established : Amolita fessa is known as the 'feeble ' and Amolita obliqua as the 'oblique grass moth'.