Biology:Pygarctia spraguei
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Short description: Species of moth
| Pygarctia spraguei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Pygarctia |
| Species: | P. spraguei
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| Binomial name | |
| Pygarctia spraguei (Grote, 1875)
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Pygarctia spraguei, also known as Sprague's pygarctia or Sprague's tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1875. It is found in North America from the Great Plains of southern Canada to Texas , westward to Utah, eastward to Indiana and Louisiana.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 31 mm.
The larvae feed on Euphorbia species.
References
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- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Pygarctia spraguei (Grote, 1875)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/pygarctia/#spraguei. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
- ↑ "Pygarctia spraguei (Grote 1873)". Moths of North Dakota. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q7262993 entry
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