Spragueia perstructana explained

Spragueia perstructana is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found from the United States (including Maryland, South Carolina, Florida and Texas),^[1] south to the Caribbean (including Cuba^[2] Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands) and Central America, including Costa Rica.

The wingspan is about 15 mm.

The larvae feed on Lantana camara.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 931384.00 – 9124 – Spragueia perstructana – (Walker, 1865) . North American Moth Photographers Group . Mississippi State University . December 3, 2018.
2. 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 .
3. http://www.nearctica.com/moths/noctuid/acontia/spragueia/spragueia_perstructana.htm Noctuidae of North America