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title: "Large Mossy Glyph"
description: "Protodeltote muscosula — Insetos e aranhas. Protodeltote muscosula, the large mossy lithacodia, is an owlet moth (family Noctuidae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/large-mossy-glyph
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Large Mossy Glyph

> Protodeltote muscosula — Insetos e aranhas. Protodeltote muscosula, the large mossy lithacodia, is an owlet moth (family Noctuidae).

- Scientific name: *Protodeltote muscosula*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 15171
- Wikidata: [Q27997972](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27997972)
- iNaturalist taxon: [228855](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/228855)

## Names

- en: Large Mossy Glyph

## Countries with the most observations

US (8176), CA (3770)

## Summary

Protodeltote muscosula, the large mossy lithacodia, is an owlet moth (family Noctuidae). The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Larvae feed on swamp grasses, in particular, saw grass. Adults have a wingspan of 19-23mm.  The MONA or Hodges number for Protodeltote muscosula is 9047.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protodeltote_muscosula

## Photo

![Large Mossy Glyph](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/large-mossy-glyph/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jackson Kusack · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173280983

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/large-mossy-glyph?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).