Four-lined Chocolate Moth
Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris (Hübner, 1831)
Four-lined Chocolate Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/7456
Synonyms
Hodges #8762 
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11 Records

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Status

"An occasional migrant from the southeastern U.S., feeding in the larval state on cotton" (Glaser, 2005).

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Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Argyrostrotis
Species:
A. quadrifilaris
Binomial name
Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris
(Hübner, [1831])
Synonyms
  • Agronomia quadrifilaris Hübner, [1831]
  • Poaphila obsoleta Grote, 1876

Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris, the four-lined chocolate moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1831.[1] It is found in the US from New York and New Hampshire south to Florida and Texas.[2]

The wingspan is about 27 mm.

References

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  1. ^ "930954.00 – 8762 – Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris – Four-Lined Chocolate Moth – (Hübner, [1831)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  2. ^ Sullivan, J. Bolling & Lafontaine, J. Donald (2011). "New synonymies and combinations in Argyrostrotis Hübner (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae, Poaphilini)". ZooKeys (149): 107–116. doi:10.3897/zookeys.149.2347. PMC 3234413. PMID 22207798.


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