Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Scientific name Spargaloma sexpunctata | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae Rank Genus | |
The Six-spotted Gray (Spargaloma sexpunctata) is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It is found from coast to coast in lower Canada south in the east to Florida, Mississippi and Arkansas, in the west to California.
The wingspan is 25–29 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September. There is one generation in the north and two or more in Connecticut and southern Ohio.
The larvae feed on the underside of the leaf blades of Apocynum species.
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