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Copablepharon viridisparsa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Copablepharon

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Scientific name
  
Copablepharon viridisparsa

Copablepharon viridisparsa is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from southern California and southern Utah north to southern British Columbia, central Saskatchewan and south-western Manitoba.

The wingspan is 38–42 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August depending on the location.

The moths emerge from the pupae with the eggs nearly fully developed, and they are laid within a week or two. Eggs are laid in loose soil in mid-summer, and the larvae hibernate when partly grown, completing development the following spring. The larvae can bury themselves very rapidly if uncovered. They feed above ground at night and bury themselves about 2.5 cm deep in the soil under the host plants during the day.

Pupation occurs in an earthen cell about five cm deep in the soil. Adults emerge after three to four weeks.

Subspecies

  • Copablepharon viridisparsa viridisparsa Dod, 1916
  • Copablepharon viridisparsa hopfingeri (Franclemont, 1954)
  • Copablepharon viridisparsa gilvum Crabo & Lafontaine, 2004
  • Copablepharon viridisparsa ravum Crabo & Lafontaine, 2004
  • References

    Copablepharon viridisparsa Wikipedia