Spragueia perstructana

Spragueia perstructana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Spragueia
Species: S. perstructana
Binomial name
Spragueia perstructana
Walker, 1865
Synonyms
  • Agrophila perstructana Walker, 1865
  • Emmelia felina Herrich-Schaffer, 1868
  • Spragueia felina
  • Emmelia trigridula Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
  • Agrophila phaenna Druce, 1889
  • Agrophila mata Druce, 1898

Spragueia perstructana is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the United States (including Maryland, South Carolina, Florida and Texas),[1] south to the Caribbean (including Cuba[2] Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands) and Central America, including Costa Rica.

The wingspan is about 15 mm.

The larvae feed on Lantana camara.[3]

References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schaffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana
  3. ↑ nearctica


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