Arugisa lutea

Arugisa lutea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Arugisa
Species:	A. lutea
Binomial name
	Arugisa lutea; (J. B. Smith, 1900)
Synonyms
	Diallagma lutea Smith, 1900; Arugisa latiorella of Covell et al., 2005 (not Walker, 1863);

Arugisa lutea, the common arugisa moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by John B. Smith in 1900. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Maryland and Virginia to Florida, west to Texas and Missouri.^[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. Adults are mostly on wing from May to October, but have been recorded on wing nearly year round in Florida.

The larvae feed on both living and dead grasses.^[2] They have also been recorded feeding on blue-green algae.^[3]

References

^ "930634.00 – 8509 – Arugisa lutea – Common Arugisa Moth – (Smith, 1900)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
^ McLeod, Robin; et al. (May 10, 2015). "Species Arugisa lutea - Common Arugisa - Hodges#8509". BugGuide. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
^ Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.

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