Galgula partita

Galgula partita

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Galgula
Species:	G. partita
Binomial name
*Galgula partita* Guenée, 1852^[1]
Synonyms
Galgula subpartita Guenée, 1852 Galgula hepara Guenée, 1852 Hydrelia ferruginea Walker, 1857 Euclidia externa Walker, 1865 Thalpochares baueri Staudinger, 1870 Thalpochares novarae Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 Telesilla vesca Morrison, 1875 Galgula sorex Möschler, 1886 Thalpochares bias Druce, 1889 Thalpochares hippotamada Druce, 1889 Rivula mandane Druce, 1891 Galgula interna Barnes & McDunnough, 1917

The Wedgling Moth (Galgula partita) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from most of North America south to Guatemala and the Caribbean.^[2] It is also present on Madeira, the Canary Islands and in Spain.^[3]

The wingspan is 20–26 mm. Adult males have reddish-brown to grayish forewings in male, while these are shiny dark brownish-maroon to blackish in females. The hindwings are grayish-brown, but darker in females than in males. They are on wing from March to November in the southern part of the range and from May to September in the north. There are several generations per year.

The larvae feed on Oxalis species.

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