Rivula propinqualis

Rivula propinqualis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Rivula
Species: R. propinqualis
Binomial name
Rivula propinqualis
Guenée, 1854

The Spotted Grass Moth or Yellow Snout-moth (Rivula propinqualis) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found throughout eastern North America from southern Canada southward to Florida and Texas and westward in the north to British Columbia and Washington. In North Carolina it is found from the Appalachian Mountains to the Atlantic coast.

The wingspan is 15-19 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.

The larvae feed on various grasses.

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