Ptichodis herbarum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Ptichodis |
Species: | P. herbarum
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Binomial name | |
Ptichodis herbarum | |
Synonyms | |
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Ptichodis herbarum, the common ptichodis moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in the United States (including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas). [2] It has also been recorded from Jamaica. [3]
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on bush clover and possibly other Lespedeza species. [4]
Ptichodis herbarum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Ptichodis |
Species: | P. herbarum
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Binomial name | |
Ptichodis herbarum | |
Synonyms | |
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Ptichodis herbarum, the common ptichodis moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in the United States (including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas). [2] It has also been recorded from Jamaica. [3]
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on bush clover and possibly other Lespedeza species. [4]