Pagara simplex
| Pagara simplex | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Pagara |
| Species: | P. simplex |
| Binomial name | |
| Pagara simplex Walker, 1856 | |
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Pagara simplex, the Mouse-colored Lichen Moth, is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1856. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee.[1]
The wingspan is about 23 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing year round in the southern part of the range.[2]
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