Biology:Schrankia macula
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Short description: Species of insect
| Black-spotted schrankia moth | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Arthropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Insecta |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Lepidoptera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Noctuoidea |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Erebidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Schrankia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">S. macula |
| Binomial name | |
| Schrankia macula | |
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Schrankia macula, the black-spotted schrankia moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Herbert Druce in 1891. It is found from North America (including Alabama, Arizona, California , Florida, Georgia, Indiana , Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts , Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee , Texas and Virginia)[3] to Central America.
The wingspan is 13–18 mm. The forewings are dark brown or gray except for a yellowish area beyond the postmedian line. The hindwings are light gray with an indistinct median line.
The larvae feed on a species of bracket fungus.[4]
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- ↑ Pekarsky, O. (2012). "A new species of Schrankia Hübner, 1825 from China (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypenodinae)". ZooKeys (242): 43–50. doi:10.3897/zookeys.242.3856. PMID 23378796.
- ↑ Savela, Markku (July 31, 2019). "Schrankia macula (Druce, 1891)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/hypenodinae/schrankia/#macula. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ↑ "930668.00 – 8431 – Schrankia macula – Black-spotted Schrankia Moth – (Druce, 1891)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8431. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ↑ McLeod, Robin; Cotinis; Heiman, Maury (November 21, 2013). "Species Schrankia macula - Black-spotted Schrankia - Hodges#8431". https://bugguide.net/node/view/49051. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q7432819 entry
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