Mouralia
| Mouralia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Mouralia Walker, 1858 |
| Species: | M. tinctoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Mouralia tinctoides Guenée, 1852 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mouralia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family, consisting of only one species Mouralia tinctoides. It can be found from Florida to South-east Texas, Georgia, Southern California, the Antilles, from Mexico through Brazil to Northern Argentina and in Peru.
The wingspan is about 44 mm.
The larvae feed on Tradescantia fluminensis and Zebrina pendula.
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