Biology:Ctenoplusia oxygramma

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Short description: Species of moth

Ctenoplusia oxygramma
Ctenoplusia oxygramma - Sharp-stigma Looper Moth (9942240674).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Ctenoplusia
Species:
C. oxygramma
Binomial name
Ctenoplusia oxygramma
(Geyer, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Autographa oxygramma Geyer, 1832
  • Plusia indigna Walker, [1858]
  • Plusia parallela Walker, [1858]
  • Plusia collateralis Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
  • Agrapha oxygramma

Ctenoplusia oxygramma (sharp stigma looper) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern Ontario, the eastern parts of the United States to Arizona. It has also been reported from Kansas , Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Mexico, the Antilles and from California south to Brazil and India Argentina .

The wingspan is about 35 mm.

Recorded food plants include Aster, Erigeron canadensis, Nicotiana tabacum and Solidago.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5191707 entry