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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 » Black-dotted Spragueia Moth - Hodges#9126 (Spragueia onagrus)

Species Spragueia onagrus - Black-dotted Spragueia Moth - Hodges#9126

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 onagrus (Black-dotted Spragueia Moth - Hodges#9126)
Hodges Number
9126
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Spragueia onagrus (Guenée, 1852)
Agrophila onagrus Guenée, 1852
Phylogenetic sequence # 931386
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 12 species of the genus Spragueia in America north of Mexico.(1)
Size
Covell (1984) reported the wingspan as 15-17 mm. (2)
Identification
Alternating black and yellow bars in an ovate pattern basally. Rounded black reniform spot is unique for the genus. (2)
Range
Heppner (2003) listed the range to include North Carolina to Florida(3), and Mississippi to Texas. (4), (5), (2)
Habitat
Looking at various distribution maps, it seems to appear mostly along coastlines, being more widespread in Florida.
Season
The flight period is April to September. (6), (2)
Heppner (2003) reported March to November in Florida. (5)
Food
Covell (1984) and HOST database listed the following host plants. (7), (5)
Castanea pumila (L.) Mill. (chinquapin) Fagaceae.
Zea mays L. (corn) Gramineae.
HOST database included Baccharis halimifolia L. (eastern baccharis) Compositae. (7)
Print References
Covell, C.V., 1984. Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths. Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 150, pl. 30, fig. 16. (2)
Guenée, 1852. Historie Naturelle des Insectes. Species General des Lépidoptéres, 6: 205, pl. 10, fig. 2.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (6)
Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (8)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (9)
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.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
4.South Carolina Moth Species
5.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
8.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
9.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 25 September, 2004 - 9:59am
Additional contributions by Troy Bartlett, Maury Heiman
Last updated 19 September, 2013 - 2:05pm

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