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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 perstructana - Hodges#9124 (Spragueia perstructana)

Species Spragueia perstructana - Hodges#9124

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · 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 perstructana (Spragueia perstructana - Hodges#9124)
Hodges Number
9124
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Spragueia perstructana (Walker, 1865)
Agrophila perstructana Walker, 1865
Synonyms
Emmelia felina Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
Emmelia trigridula Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
Agrophila phaenna Druce, 1889
Agrophila mata Druce, 1898
Phylogenetic sequence # 931384
Numbers
Spragueia includes 12 species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Forewing length about 7 mm. (2)
Identification
Range
Heppner (2003) listed the range as Florida to Texas, West Indies; Mexico to South America. (3), (4)
Season
Adults are most common from May to August. (5)
Heppner (2003) reported adults in March, June, September to November for Florida. (4)
Food
HOST(6), reports the larval host plant as Lantana camara (Verbenaceae). (2)
Heppner (2003) reported the larval host plant as unknown. (4)
See Also
Spragueia dama

Compare on the plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Druce, 1889. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Lepidoptera - Heterocera, 1: 303, pl. 28, fig. 8.
Herrich-Schäffer, 1868. Corresp.-Blatt Zool.- Min. Ver. Regensburg, 22: 151.
Walker, F. 1865, List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, 33(3): 774.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Robert W. Poole's nearctica.com (2)
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.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
3.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
4.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 10 June, 2013 - 12:03am
Last updated 18 June, 2013 - 1:35am

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