Ctenoplusia oxygramma (Hampson, 1892) is a animal in the Noctuidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ctenoplusia oxygramma (Hampson, 1892)

Ctenoplusia oxygramma (Hampson, 1892)

Ctenoplusia oxygramma, the sharp stigma looper, is a Noctuidae moth with a ~35 mm wingspan found across the Americas and India.

Family
Genus
Ctenoplusia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Ctenoplusia oxygramma (Hampson, 1892)

Ctenoplusia oxygramma, commonly called the sharp stigma looper, is a moth species belonging to the family Noctuidae. This species is distributed across southern Ontario, and the eastern United States extending west to Arizona. It has also been recorded in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Mexico, the Antilles, California, areas from California south to Brazil, India, and Argentina. The wingspan of Ctenoplusia oxygramma measures approximately 35 mm. Documented food plants for this moth include species from the genus Aster, Erigeron canadensis, Nicotiana tabacum, and species from the genus Solidago.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuidae Ctenoplusia

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