Tosale oviplagalis
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Tosale |
| Species: | T. oviplagalis |
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| Tosale oviplagalis (Walker, 1866) | |
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Tosale oviplagalis, the dimorphic tosale moth, is a moth of the Pyralidae family. It is found from eastern North America[1] (from New York to Florida and west to Illinois and Texas) south to Colombia and Peru.[2]
Adults are sexually dimorphic. Males are brownish and have elongated scales at the tip of the abdomen. Females have a similar pattern, but in shades of grey. Adults are on wing from May to September.[3]
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