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Spargaloma

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Spargaloma
Dorsal photo of Spargaloma sexpunctata – Six-spotted Gray Moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Spargaloma
Grote, 1873
Species:
S. sexpunctata
Binomial name
Spargaloma sexpunctata
Grote, 1873
Synonyms[1]

Spargaloma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species is Spargaloma sexpunctata, the six-spotted gray. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873.[2] It is found from coast to coast in lower Canada south in the east to Florida, Mississippi and Arkansas, in the west to California.

The wingspan is 25–29 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Spargaloma​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (July 3, 2019). "Spargaloma Grote, 1873". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2019.