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Mesogona rubra

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Mesogona rubra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Mesogona
Species:
M. rubra
Binomial name
Mesogona rubra
Crabo & Hammond, 1998

Mesogona rubra is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Cascade Mountains north to Skamania County, Washington, in the Klamath Mountains, on the Pacific coast from central Oregon to central California, and in the Sierra Nevada.

The length of the forewings is 18–21 mm.

The larvae feed on Arctostaphylos columbiana and probably other Arctostaphylos species.

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