Grammia arge

Arge moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subtribe: Arctiina
Genus: Grammia
Species: G. arge
Binomial name
Grammia arge
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena arge Drury, 1773
  • Bombyx dione Fabricius, 1775
  • Noctua incarnatorubra Goeze, 1781
  • Apantesis nervosa Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893
  • Arctia strigosa Stretch, 1906
  • Apantesis arge

Grammia arge (arge moth) is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Quebec and Maine to Florida, west to New Mexico, north to North Dakota and Ontario.

The wingspan is 38–50 millimetres (1.5–2.0 in). Adults are on wing from April to September in most of the range and from July to September in Quebec. There are two generations per year in the south and one or two in the north.

The larvae feed on the leaves of corn, dock, lambs-quarter, Chenopodium, grape, plantain, Opuntia, smartweed and sunflower.


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