Need help with Noctuid moth

[ClintonandGore at aol.com]

Dear Friends, Can anyone identify this moth for my Dad?  If he knows what it 
is he will stop calling it a butterfly.  That is so irritating!  Any host 
plant info would really be a bonus.  Thanks in advance, Bill.

http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Campground/5603/



Subj:    Need help with Noctuid moth 
Date:   1/31/00 10:41:31 PM Pacific Standard Time
From:   geoffbe at ids.net (Geoff 'atom' Balme)
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the moth was identified by SEL

as Leucania linita --- does anyone have any information about feeding
habits - range - etc. 

I reared this animal on Phragmites australis -- and would like to know
if that is a new host.