Biology:Pygarctia spraguei
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Short description: Species of moth
Pygarctia spraguei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygarctia spraguei.
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