Pygarctia spraguei, also known as Sprague's pygarctia or Sprague's tiger moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1875. It is found in North America from the Great Plains of southern Canada to Texas, westward to Utah, eastward to Indiana and Louisiana.[1][2]

Pygarctia spraguei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pygarctia
Species:
P. spraguei
Binomial name
Pygarctia spraguei
(Grote, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Euchaetes spraguei Grote, 1875
  • Euchaetes conspicua Neumoegen, 1890

The wingspan is about 31 mm.

The larvae feed on Euphorbia species.

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Pygarctia spraguei (Grote, 1875)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "Pygarctia spraguei (Grote 1873)". Moths of North Dakota. Retrieved September 24, 2019.