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Spragueia perstructana

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Species of moth

Spragueia perstructana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Spragueia
Species: S. perstructana
Binomial name
Spragueia perstructana
Walker, 1865
Synonyms
  • Agrophila perstructana Walker, 1865
  • Emmelia felina Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
  • Spragueia felina
  • Emmelia trigridula Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
  • Agrophila phaenna Druce, 1889
  • Agrophila mata Druce, 1898

Spragueia perstructana is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found from the United States (including Maryland, South Carolina, Florida and Texas), south to the Caribbean (including Cuba Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands) and Central America, including Costa Rica.

The wingspan is about 15 mm.

The larvae feed on Lantana camara.

References

  1. "931384.00 – 9124 – Spragueia perstructana – (Walker, 1865)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  2. Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 29, 2013.
  3. Noctuidae of North America
Taxon identifiers
Spragueia felina


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