Plagiomimicus spumosum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Plagiomimicus |
Species: | P. spumosum
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Binomial name | |
Plagiomimicus spumosum (Grote, 1874)
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Plagiomimicus spumosum, the frothy moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It is found in North America, where it has a transcontinental range in the United States, north to southern Ontario and southern Alberta.[1]
The wingspan is 33–40 mm. Adults are on wing in mid-summer in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Helianthus annuus. They burrow into the head of the host plant and feed on the seeds.[2]