Biology:Tarache augustipennis

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Short description: Species of moth

Narrow-winged midget
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Tarache
Species:
T. augustipennis
Binomial name
Tarache augustipennis
Grote, 1875
Synonyms
  • Therasea augustipennis (Grote, 1875)
  • Therasea flavicosta Smith, 1900

Tarache augustipennis, the narrow-winged midget, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1875. It is found in North America from Manitoba to south-western British Columbia, south to Arizona and east to Texas .

The habitat consists of fens, bogs, foothill valleys and riparian woodlands in arid grasslands.

The wingspan is 23–30 mm. Adults are on from May to August in the north.

Wikidata ☰ Q5225783 entry