Argyrostrotis erasa
Argyrostrotis erasa, the erasa chocolate moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.)[1] It is found in the US from North Carolina south to Florida and Texas.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Argyrostrotis |
| Species: | A. erasa |
| Binomial name | |
| Argyrostrotis erasa (Guenée, 1852 | |
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The wingspan is about 30 mm.
References
- "930953.00 – 8761 – Argyrostrotis erasa – Erasa Chocolate Moth – (Guenée, 1852)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- Sullivan, J. Bolling & Lafontaine, J. Donald (2011). "New synonymies and combinations in Argyrostrotis Hübner (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae, Poaphilini)". ZooKeys (149): 107–116. doi:10.3897/zookeys.149.2347. PMC 3234413. PMID 22207798.
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