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

Species Spragueia leo - Common Spragueia - Hodges#9127

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Spragueia leo - Common Spragueia - Hodges#9127 - Spragueia leo

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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 Acontiinae (Bird Dropping Moths)

Tribe Acontiini

Genus Spragueia

Species leo (Common Spragueia - Hodges#9127)

Hodges Number

9127

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Spragueia leo (Guenée, 1852)

Agrophila leo Guenée, 1852

* phylogenetic sequence #931387

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet leo is Greek meaning "lion."

Numbers

There are 12 named species of Spragueia in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan: 12-18 mm. (2)

Identification

Adult - bright forewing pattern of orange, yellow, and black. Long black median dash that widens toward the apex. Dash may not be solid. (2)

Range

Southeast Massachusetts, south to Florida, west to Texas and Kansas (2)

Moth Photographers Group map

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Season

Most records of adults are from April-September. (3), (2)

Food

Bindweed, Convolvulus L. (2), Ragweed

Life Cycle

Larva; adult

See Also

Spragueia dama

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Spragueia magnifica, a western species.

Print References

Covell, p. 150 & plate 30 #12 (2)

Guenée, A. 1852. Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères 6, Noctuélites 2: 205

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

nearctica.com

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

2.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 17 February, 2005 - 11:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 13 September, 2017 - 6:18pm

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