Pagara simplex

Pagara simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Erebidae
Genus:Pagara
Species: P. simplex
Binomial name
Pagara simplex
Walker, 1856
Synonyms
  • Comacla murina Walker, [1865]
  • Vanessodes clarus Grote & Robinson, 1870
  • Ameria texana French, 1889

Pagara simplex, the mouse-colored lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis 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.[1]

The wingspan is about 23 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing year round in the southern part of the range.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Pagara simplex Walker, 1856". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  2. ↑ Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.


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