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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Pseudeustrotiini » Anterastria » Gray Marvel - Hodges#9284 (Anterastria teratophora)

Species Anterastria teratophora - Gray Marvel - Hodges#9284

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Pseudeustrotiini
Genus Anterastria
Species teratophora (Gray Marvel - Hodges#9284)
Hodges Number
9284
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Agriopodes teratophora. Originally described in 1854 as Bryophila tetraphora.
Range
Florida to Arkansas in the south, north to southern Canada (Quebec, Ontario, etc.)
Season
One Ohio reference lists the flight period as May to August
Food
Larvae feed on Mint (Mentha spp.) and Bee Balm (Monarda spp.), which are in the Mint Family (Labiatae/Lamiaceae)
Life Cycle
Larva; adult
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
BOLD
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Moths of North Carolina
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 5 July, 2006 - 5:58pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, marcie oconnor, Steve Morris
Last updated 28 March, 2022 - 6:33pm

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