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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Acontiinae » Acontiini » Spragueia » Common Spragueia - Hodges#9127 (Spragueia leo)

Species Spragueia leo - Common Spragueia - Hodges#9127

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Common Spragueia Moth - Spragueia leo Common Spragueia - Hodges#9127 - Spragueia leo A beautiful moth. ID, please. - Spragueia leo - female Common Spragueia Moth - Hodges #9127 - Spragueia leo Common Spragueia - Hodges#9127 - Spragueia leo Very small colorful moth - Spragueia leo Spragueia leo Common Spragueia - Hodges#9127 - Spragueia leo
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Acontiinae
Tribe Acontiini
Genus Spragueia
Species leo (Common Spragueia - Hodges#9127)
Hodges Number
9127
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Spragueia leo – (Guenée, 1852)
Numbers
12 species in the genus found in North America north of Mexico (a)
Size
12-18mm wingspan (1)
Identification
Bright forewing pattern of orange, yellow, and black. Long black median dash that widens toward the apex. Dash may not be solid. (1)
Range
Southeast Massachusetts, south to Florida, west to Texas and Kansas (1)
Season
June-September (1)
Food
Bindweed (1)
Print References
Lafontaine JD, Schmidt BC (2010) Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 48 (a) (PDF download)
Covell, p. 150 & plate 30 #12 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photos of living and pinned adults
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
By Charles V. Covell
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 17 February, 2005 - 11:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Maury Heiman
Last updated 20 July, 2011 - 9:55pm

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