''Lithophane adipel'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...

first described by

Foster Hendrickson Benjamin Foster Hendrickson Benjamin (17 September 1895 – 24 January 1936) was an American entomologist and lepidopterist. Biography Benjamin was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was friends with George P. Engelhardt and Jacob Doll, who introduced him to e ...

in 1936. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...

is about 42 mm.

References

* adipel Moths of North America Moths described in 1936 Taxa named by Foster Hendrickson Benjamin {{Cuculliinae-stub