Mouralia

Mouralia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Mouralia Walker, 1858
Species:	M. tinctoides
Binomial name
Mouralia tinctoides Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
Abrostola tinctoides Mouralia annulifera Nystalea cossoides

Mouralia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family, consisting of only one species Mouralia tinctoides. It can be found from Florida to South-east Texas, Georgia, Southern California, the Antilles, from Mexico through Brazil to Northern Argentina and in Peru.

The wingspan is about 44 mm.

The larvae feed on Tradescantia fluminensis and Zebrina pendula.

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

• Species info
• Species info on Moths of Jamaica
• Mouralia at funet

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