Guadeloupe, Petit-Bourg, Hauteurs Lézarde, 25-IX-85.

Argyrogramma verruca (Fabricius, 1794)

Noctuidae Plusiinae

Synonyms

Argyrogramma omicron (Hübner)
Argyrogramma omega (Hübner)
Argyrogramma rutila (Walker)

Biology and distribution

Polyphagous larva.

Fairly common in Guadeloupe and Martinique.

St-Kitts, Dominica, St-Lucia, St-Vincent, Grenada.
Cuba, Jamaica: type specimen of A. rutila, Puerto-Rico.

From Canada (golden looper) to South America. (Eichlin & Cunningham, 1978).

Legend

Pheromone

The sex pheromone produced by the female moths has been described (Heath & Landolt, 1987, Environ. Entomol., 16: 1030-1033). It consists of:

Source: Pherolist, a database on sex pheromones of Lepidoptera and related attractants.
Male genitalia (JPG 20 Ko).
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