Photedes enervata, the many-lined cordgrass moth, previously known as 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.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Photedes |
Species: | P. enervata
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Binomial name | |
Photedes enervata (Guenée, 1852)
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The larvae feed on Spartina alterniflora.
References
edit- ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived 2009-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
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