{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Speciesbox | image = Litocala sexsignata - inat 184409765.jpg | image_caption = ''Litocala sexsignata'', Arizona | taxon = Litocala sexsignata | parent_authority = Harvey, 1878 | authority = (Harvey, 1875) | synonyms = Generic<br/> *''Lita'' <small>Harvey, 1875</small> (preocc. <small>Treitschke, 1833</small>) Specific<br/> *''Lita sexsignata'' <small>Harvey, 1875</small> }}
'''''Litocala''''' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, '''''Litocala sexsignata''''', the '''litocala moth''', is found in the United States in Washington, Montana, Utah and Colorado south to southern California<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8597 |title=930868.00 – 8597 – ''Litocala sexsignata'' – Litocala Moth – (Harvey, 1875) |website=North American Moth Photographers Group |publisher=Mississippi State University |accessdate=December 10, 2019}}</ref> and northern Baja California in Mexico. Both the genus and species were first described by Leon F. Harvey, the genus in 1878 and the species three years earlier.<ref>{{cite web |last=Yu |first=Dicky Sick Ki |url=http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=86017471 |title=''Litocala sexsignata'' (Harvey 1875) |website=Home of Ichneumonoidea |publisher=Taxapad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326163810/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=86017471 |archive-date=March 26, 2016}}</ref> The habitat consists of oak woodlands and forests.<ref>[http://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/browse/family-erebidae/subfamily-erebinae/tribe-melipotini/litocala/litocala-sexsignata/ "''Litocala sexsignata'' (Harvey, 1875)"]. ''Pacific Northwest Moths''. Retrieved December 10, 2019.</ref>
The length of the forewings is 13–15 mm. Adults are on wing from March to June. They have been recorded sipping moisture at puddles and has also been found nectaring at willow catkins.
==Subspecies== *''Litocala sexsignata sexsignata'' *''Litocala sexsignata deserta'' <small>Edwards, 1881</small>
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==External links== {{Wikispecies}} *{{cite web |last=McLeod |first=Robin |date=June 15, 2018 |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/50250 |title=Species ''Litocala sexsignata'' - Litocala Moth - Hodges#8597 |website=BugGuide |accessdate=December 10, 2019}}
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Category:Melipotini Category:Moths described in 1875 Category:Moths of North America Category:Monotypic moth genera Category:Taxa named by Leon F. Harvey
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