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Lupatus Straw Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/19/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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A Lupatus Straw Moth in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/15/2018).
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Lupatus Straw Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/17/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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A Lupatus Straw Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/27/2013). Identification verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Lupatus Straw Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/21/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Lupatus Straw Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/11/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Lupatus Straw Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/2/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Lupatus Straw Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/5/2015). (c) treichard, all rights reserved.
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Lupatus Straw Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/10/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Lupatus Straw Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/6/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Lupatus Straw Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/4/2020). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Lupatus Straw Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/4/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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A Lupatus Straw Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (7/23/2016). Determined by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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A Lupatus Straw Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (9/18/2017). Determined by Kyhl Austin/BugGuide.
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A Lupatus Straw Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/6/2013).
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Lupatus Straw Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (7/25/2019). (c) spyingnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Lupatus Straw Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (7/25/2019). (c) spyingnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Lupatus Straw Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/30/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Lupatus Straw Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/17/2020). (c) Jim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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A Lupatus Straw Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (8/4/2010).
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Lupatus Straw Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/12/2010).
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Lupatus Straw Moth larva on Purpletop Tridens in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/30/2017). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved.
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Source: Wikipedia
Heliocheilus lupatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Heliocheilus |
Species: | H. lupatus
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Binomial name | |
Heliocheilus lupatus (Grote, 1875)
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Heliocheilus lupatus, the purple topper, lupatus straw moth or spotted straw moth, is a moth in the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1875. It is found in the United States from Kentucky and central Connecticut south (through Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina) to Florida and Texas.
It was formerly considered to be a synonym of Heliocheilus turbata.
The wingspan is about 28 mm. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on various grasses.
References
[edit]- "932056.00 – 11073.1 – Heliocheilus lupatus – Lupatus Straw Moth – (Grote, 1875)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- Balaban, John and Jane (August 28, 2017). "Species Heliocheilus lupatus - Spotted Straw Moth - Hodges#11073.1". BugGuide. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.