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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Plusiinae » Argyrogrammatini » Enigmogramma » Pink-washed Looper Moth - Hodges#8886 (Enigmogramma basigera)

Species Enigmogramma basigera - Pink-washed Looper Moth - Hodges#8886

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Plusiinae
Tribe Argyrogrammatini
Genus Enigmogramma
Species basigera (Pink-washed Looper Moth - Hodges#8886)
Hodges Number
8886
Size
Wingspan 2.8-3.3 cm
Identification
Forewing pink/brown. Silver spots on forewing, one hollow and with stem attaching to line on wing, one filled.
Range
Eastern/central United States, more common in south, rare in north
Habitat
Unkown
Season
June-September
Life Cycle
Larval hostplant unknown.
Remarks
Formerly Argyrogramma basigera.
Print References
Covell, p. 155, plate 32 #5 (1)
Internet References
MIACY
Lepidoptera French Antilles
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection has 6 pinned, including specimens from that state.
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
By Charles V. Covell
Contributed by Cotinis on 21 September, 2004 - 12:09am
Additional contributions by Jeff Hollenbeck
Last updated 13 January, 2007 - 9:08am

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