Spragueia apicalis explained

Spragueia apicalis, the yellow spragueia, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1868. It is also found in North America (including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas), Central America (including El Salvador^[1] and Costa Rica),^[2] Cuba^[3] and Peru.

The wingspan is about 16 mm for females and 17 mm for males. Adults are sexually dimorphic.^[4]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Gutierrezia sarothrae.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 931391.00 – 9131 – Spragueia apicalis – Yellow Spragueia Moth – (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868) . North American Moth Photographers Group . Mississippi State University . December 3, 2018.
2. Web site: Taxonomy Browser: Spragueia apicalis . Barcode of Life Data System . December 3, 2018.
3. Becker . Vitor O. . 2002 . The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana . Revista Brasileira de Zoologia . 19 . 2 . 349–391 . 10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130429205252/http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbzool/v19n2/v19n2a06.pdf . April 29, 2013 . live. free .
4. http://www.nearctica.com/moths/noctuid/acontia/spragueia/spragueia_apicalis.htm Noctuidae of North America