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Neoprocris floridana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Zygaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Procridinae

Similar
  
Butterflies and moths, Harrisina metallica, Harrisina, Norape ovina, Lithacodes fasciola

Neoprocris floridana, the laurelcherry smoky moth, is a species of moth belonging to the Zygaenidae family. It has been found in the southeastern United States, where all recordings have occurred in Florida with the exception of one in Lee County, Alabama. As its name suggests it is thought to feed primarily on laurelcherry trees (Prunus caroliniana). Because p. caroliniana is found throughout the southeast, it is reasonable to suspect these species migrate through and inhabit multiple, if not all, southeastern states.

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Neoprocris floridana Wikipedia