Harrisimemna trisignata

Harrisimemna trisignata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Harrisimemna
Species: H. trisignata
Binomial name
Harrisimemna trisignata
(Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Harrisimemna sexguttata (Harris, 1869)

Harris's Three Spot (Harrisimemna trisignata) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Alberta and Saskatchewan, south to Arizona. In the United States it has been recorded in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

The wingspan is 30–36 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August in Canada.

The larvae feed on various woody plants, including wild raisin, winterberry, Bush Honeysuckle, Black Willow, White ash and apple.

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