Biology:Eublemma recta
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Short description: Species of moth
| Straight-lined seed moth | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Eublemma |
| Species: | E. recta
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| Binomial name | |
| Eublemma recta (Guenée, 1852)
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Eublemma recta, the straight-lined seed moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in the United States from South Carolina to Florida and west to Texas . It is also found south to Argentina ,[1] on Cuba,[2] Jamaica[3] and Puerto Rico.
The wingspan is 16–19 millimetres (0.63–0.75 in). The forewings are light brown with a dark brown straight postmedial line, bordered distally by white. The hindwings are white with a yellow or brown terminal line.
The larvae feed on various plants in the family Convolvulaceae, including Ipomoea and Convolvulus species.
References
- ↑ McLeod, Robin (October 25, 2012). "Species Eublemma recta - Hodges#9078". https://bugguide.net/node/view/106456. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
- ↑ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbzool/v19n2/v19n2a06.pdf.
- ↑ "Eublemma recta". http://www.mbarnes.force9.co.uk/jamaicamoths/images8/eubrec.htm. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
Wikidata ☰ Q5405391 entry
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