Biology:Spargaloma
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Short description: Genus of moths
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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: | Spargaloma Grote, 1873 |
| Species: | S. sexpunctata
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| Spargaloma sexpunctata Grote, 1873
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Spargaloma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species is Spargaloma sexpunctata, the six-spotted gray. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873.[2] It is found from coast to coast in lower Canada south in the east to Florida, Mississippi and Arkansas, in the west to California .
The wingspan is 25–29 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Spargaloma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=288758.
- ↑ Savela, Markku (July 3, 2019). "Spargaloma Grote, 1873". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/boletobiinae/spargaloma/. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling; Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.
- McLeod, Robin (November 10, 2016). "Species Spargaloma sexpunctata - Six-spotted Gray - Hodges#8479". https://bugguide.net/node/view/29497. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- "930715.00 – 8479 – Spargaloma sexpunctata – Six-spotted Gray Moth – Grote, 1873". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8479. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q13624375 entry
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