Pygarctia spraguei

Pygarctia spraguei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Pygarctia
Species: P. spraguei
Binomial name
Pygarctia spraguei
Grote, 1875
Synonyms
  • Euchaetes spraguei
  • Euchaetes conspicua

Sprague's Pygarctia (Pygarctia spraguei) is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found from on the Great Plains from southern Canada to Texas, westward to Utah, eastward to Indiana and Louisiana.

The wingspan is about 31 mm.

The larvae feed on Euphorbia species.

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