Pygarctia spraguei
| Pygarctia spraguei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Pygarctia |
| Species: | P. spraguei |
| Binomial name | |
| Pygarctia spraguei (Grote, 1875) | |
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Pygarctia spraguei, Sprague's Pygarctia, 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.[1]
The wingspan is about 31 mm.
The larvae feed on Euphorbia species.
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