Spragueia leo

Spragueia leo
Spragueia leo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Spragueia
Species: S. leo
Binomial name
Spragueia leo
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Agrophila leo Guenée, 1852

The Common Spragueia (Spragueia leo) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Ontario, Manitoba and south-eastern Massachusetts, south to Florida, west to Texas and Kansas.

The wingspan is 12-18 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September.

The larvae feed on Convolvulus species.

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