Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Noctuidae > Trichordestra > Trichordestra legitima

Trichordestra legitima (striped garden caterpillar)

Synonyms: Polia legitima

Wikipedia Abstract

The Striped Garden Caterpillar (Trichordestra legitima) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in eastern North America, from Newfoundland to Florida, west to Texas, north to Saskatchewan. The wingspan is 25–39 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September. There is one generation per year.
View Wikipedia Record: Trichordestra legitima

Prey / Diet

Apocynum androsaemifolium (flytrap dogbane)[1]
Asclepias incarnata (rose milkweed)[1]
Asparagus officinalis (garden asparagus)[1]
Nicotiana tabacum (cultivated tobacco)[1]
Prunus serotina (Black Cherry)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0