Ptichodis herbarum
Ptichodis herbarum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Tribe: | Euclidiini |
Genus: | Ptichodis |
Species: | P. herbarum |
Binomial name | |
Ptichodis herbarum (Guenee, 1852)[1] | |
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The Common Ptichodis Moth (Ptichodis herbarum) is a moth of the Erebidae family. 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]
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