Photedes enervata

Photedes enervata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Photedes
Species: P. enervata
Binomial name
Photedes enervata
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Nonagria enervata Guenée, 1852
  • Nonagria fodiens Guenée, 1852
  • Chortodes enervata
  • Hypocoena (Chortodes) enervata
  • Hypocoena orphnina (Dyar, 1912)
  • Arenosola orphnina Dyar, 1912
  • Chortodes orphnina
  • Hypocoena (Chortodes) orphnina
  • Hypocoena enervata (Guenée, 1852)

The Many-Lined Cordgrass Moth (Photedes enervata, until recently Hypocoena enervata)[1] is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in marshes along the Atlantic Coast of North America, with scattered inland wetlands records from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick south to Florida.

The larvae feed on Spartina alterniflora.

References

  1. ↑ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.

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