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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 » Spragueia jaguaralis - Hodges#9128 (Spragueia jaguaralis)

Species Spragueia jaguaralis - Hodges#9128

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Southern Spragueia Moth - Spragueia jaguaralis - male No. 189 Spragueia jaguaralis? - Spragueia jaguaralis burnt-looking moth - Spragueia jaguaralis Spragueia jaguaralis? - Spragueia jaguaralis Spragueia jaguaralis? - Spragueia jaguaralis Spragueia jaguaralis? - Spragueia jaguaralis Spragueia jaguaralis A first example from NM - Spragueia jaguaralis
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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 jaguaralis (Spragueia jaguaralis - Hodges#9128)
Hodges Number
9128
Other Common Names
Jaguar Noctuid
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Spragueia jaguaralis Hampson, 1910
* phylogenetic sequence #931388
Size
Wingspan about 18 mm (Hampson, 1910).
Range
AZ, TX (1), plus a few records LA-FL-GA - MPG
Season
May-Oct (BG, MPG data)
See Also

Spragueia obatra (Morrison, 1875)
Print References
Hampson, G. F. 1910. Noctuidae. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum 10: 673, pl.169, f.6
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Nearctica - species page
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
Works Cited
1.Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths
Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2004. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. xiv + 59 pp. 20 plates.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 22 July, 2007 - 11:06pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Randy Hardy
Last updated 22 September, 2013 - 1:21am

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