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Grammia arge (Arge Moth)

Synonyms: Grammia coelebs; Grammia dione; Grammia incarnatorubra; Grammia nervosa; Grammia strigosa (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Grammia arge (arge moth) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Quebec and Maine to Florida, west to New Mexico, north to North Dakota and Ontario. The wingspan is 38–50 millimetres (1.5–2.0 in). Adults are on wing from April to September in most of the range and from July to September in Quebec. There are two generations per year in the south and one or two in the north. The larvae feed on the leaves of corn, dock, lambs-quarter, Chenopodium, grape, plantain, Opuntia, smartweed and sunflower.
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Prey / Diet

Gossypium herbaceum (Levant cotton)[1]
Oenothera biennis (king's-cureall)[1]
Plantago lanceolata (narrowleaf plantain)[1]

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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
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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