Kingdom Animalia Family Noctuidae Scientific name Galgula partita Rank Species | Class Insecta Genus Galgula Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Butterflies and moths, Ogdoconta cinereola, Elaphria, Costaconvexa centrostrigaria, Megalographa biloba | ||
The Wedgling Moth (Galgula partita) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from most of North America south to Guatemala and the Caribbean. It is also present on Madeira, the Canary Islands and in Spain.
The wingspan is 20–26 mm. Adult males have reddish-brown to grayish forewings in male, while these are shiny dark brownish-maroon to blackish in females. The hindwings are grayish-brown, but darker in females than in males. They are on wing from March to November in the southern part of the range and from May to September in the north. There are several generations per year.
The larvae feed on Oxalis species.
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