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Species Anterastria teratophora - Gray Marvel - Hodges#9284

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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Pseudeustrotiini

Genus Anterastria

Species teratophora (Gray Marvel - Hodges#9284)

Hodges Number

9284

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Agriopodes teratophora. Originally described in 1854 as Bryophila tetraphora.

Range

Florida to Arkansas in the south, north to southern Canada (Quebec, Ontario, etc.)

Season

One Ohio reference lists the flight period as May to August

Food

Larvae feed on Mint (Mentha spp.) and Bee Balm (Monarda spp.), which are in the Mint Family (Labiatae/Lamiaceae)

Life Cycle

Larva; adult

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

BOLD

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Moths of North Carolina

Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 5 July, 2006 - 5:58pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, marcie oconnor, Steve Morris
Last updated 28 March, 2022 - 6:33pm

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