Male

Guadeloupe, Piton de Sainte-Rose, 25-XII-84

Female

Guadeloupe, St-François, Devarieux, 13-XII-84.

Spragueia margana (Fabricius, 1794)

Noctuidae Acontiinae

Synonyms

Spragueia subapicana (Walker)
Spragueia rudisana (Walker)
Spragueia inornata Grote
Spragueia sordida Grote
Spragueia variegata (Möschler)
Spragueia canofusa Hampson
Spragueia tarasca Schaus

Biology and distribution

Larva on Melochia sp. (Sterculiaceae)

Abundant in Guadeloupe, but in xerophilic zone only.
Marie-Galante.

Antigua, Dominica, Grenada (type specimen of S. canofusa).
Jamaica (type specimen of S. canofusa), Hispaniola (type specimens of S. subapicana, S. rudisana and S. canofusa). Puerto-Rico (type specimen of S. variegata), Virgin Islands.

Tropical and subtropical America.

Legend

Male genitalia (JPG 39 Kb).

Similar species

Spragueia perstructana

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