Tosale oviplagalis
Tosale oviplagalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Tosale |
Species: | T. oviplagalis |
Binomial name | |
Tosale oviplagalis (Walker, 1866) | |
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Tosale oviplagalis, the dimorphic tosale moth, is a moth of the Pyralidae family. It is found from eastern North America[1] (from New York to Florida and west to Illinois and Texas) south to Colombia and Peru.[2]
Adults are sexually dimorphic. Males are brownish and have elongated scales at the tip of the abdomen. Females have a similar pattern, but in shades of grey. Adults are on wing from May to September.[3]
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