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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 magnifica - Hodges#9121 (Spragueia magnifica)

Species Spragueia magnifica - Hodges#9121

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

Spragueia magnifica? - Spragueia magnifica

Bird Dropping Moth - Spragueia magnifica

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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 magnifica (Spragueia magnifica - Hodges#9121)

Hodges Number

9121

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Spragueia magnifica Grote(1), 1883

hylogenetic sequence # 931381

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 12 species of the genus Spragueia in America north of Mexico.(2)

Size

Wingspan about 15 mm.

Identification

Range

Texas to southern California. (3), (4), (5)

Season

The adults are most common from May to September. (4)

Food

Poole (2013) states the host plant is unknown. (6)

See Also

Spragueia onagrus

Spragueia leo

Print References

Grote, A.R. 1882. Some new Noctuidae and notes. Papilio 2(9-10): 183

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Nearctica.com (6)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)

California Moth Specimens Database

Works Cited

1.	Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)

2.	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 .

3.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

6.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

7.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 September, 2009 - 11:58am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 4 December, 2013 - 1:28am

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