Spragueia perstructana is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found from the United States (including Maryland, South Carolina, Florida and Texas),[1] south to the Caribbean (including Cuba[2] Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands) and Central America, including Costa Rica.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Spragueia |
| Species: | S. perstructana
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| Spragueia perstructana Walker, 1865
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The wingspan is about 15 mm.
The larvae feed on Lantana camara.[3]
References
edit- ^ "931384.00 – 9124 – Spragueia perstructana – (Walker, 1865)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 29, 2013.
- ^ Noctuidae of North America
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