Spragueia perstructana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
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),[1] south to the Caribbean (including Cuba[2] 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.[3]

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


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