Biology:Spragueia perstructana
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Short description: Species of moth
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| Species: | S. perstructana
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| Spragueia perstructana Walker, 1865
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Spragueia perstructana is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found from the United States (including Maryland, South Carolina, Florida and Texas ),[1] south to the Caribbean (including Cuba[2] Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands) and Central America, including Costa Rica.
The wingspan is about 15 mm.
The larvae feed on Lantana camara.[3]
References
- ↑ "931384.00 – 9124 – Spragueia perstructana – (Walker, 1865)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9124. Retrieved December 3, 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.
- ↑ Noctuidae of North America
Wikidata ☰ Q7580193 entry
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