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Pagara simplex

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

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Pagara simplex, the mouse-colored lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walker in 1856. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee.

The wingspan is about 23 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing year round in the southern part of the range.

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Pagara simplex Wikipedia