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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Looper Moths (Plusiinae) » Plusiini » Plusiina » Megalographa

Genus Megalographa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Season · Food · Internet References
Unknown moth - Megalographa biloba Bilobed Looper - Megalographa biloba Lepidoptera unless it's not - Megalographa biloba Moth with big white reniform (?) spot - Megalographa biloba Chrysodeixis? - Megalographa biloba Bilobed Looper - Megalographa biloba moth at porch light: looper? - Megalographa biloba Megalographa biloba
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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 Plusiinae (Looper Moths)
Tribe Plusiini
Subtribe Plusiina
Genus Megalographa
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Megalographa Lafontaine & Poole, 1991
Range
southern Canada through United States to Central and South America
Season
adults fly from March to October
Food
larvae feed on alfalfa, barley, cabbage, cranesbill, dandelion, gladiolus, hedge-nettle, kidney-bean, larkspur, lettuce, plantain, sage, tobacco, vervain
Internet References
pinned adult image of M. biloba (Matthew Barnes, Jamaica)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 14 August, 2005 - 3:16pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 27 February, 2013 - 12:45pm

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