Pagara simplex

Pagara simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Pagara
Species: P. simplex
Binomial name
Pagara simplex
Walker, 1856
Synonyms
  • Comacla murina Walker, [1865]
  • Vanessodes clarus Grote & Robinson, 1870
  • Ameria texana French, 1889

Pagara simplex, the Mouse-colored Lichen Moth, is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1856. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee.[1]

The wingspan is about 23 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing year round in the southern part of the range.[2]

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