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Tripudia rectangula

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Tripudia rectangula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Cobubathinae
Genus: Tripudia
Species:
T. rectangula
Binomial name
Tripudia rectangula
Pogue, 2009

Tripudia rectangula is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee.

The wingspan is about 14 mm.[1]

The larvae feed on Ruellia species.[2]

References

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  • Pogue, Michael G., 2009, A review of the Tripudia quadrifera (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) species complex, Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 111 (1): 68-97