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Acontia leo (Common Spragueia)

Synonyms: Acontia onagrus (heterotypic); Spragueia leo (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Common Spragueia (Spragueia leo) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Ontario, Manitoba and south-eastern Massachusetts, south to Florida, west to Texas and Kansas. The wingspan is 12 to 18 millimetres (0.47 to 0.71 in). Adults are on wing from June to September. The larvae feed on Convolvulus species.
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Consumers

Pollinator of 
Eryngium yuccifolium (button eryngo)[1]
Eupatorium serotinum (late boneset)[1]

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♦ 1Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
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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