Bagisara repanda

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Bagisara repanda
Wavy Lined Mallow Moth - Bagisara repanda (50283463181).jpg
Bagisara repanda larvae.JPG
Adult (top), and larva (lower)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Bagisara
Species:
B. repanda
Binomial name
Bagisara repanda
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx repandaFabricius, 1793
  • Atethmia subustaHübner, [1821]
  • Atethmia inustaGuenée, 1852
  • Anomis dispartitaWalker, [1858]
  • Anthophila erectaWalker, [1858]
  • Poaphila congestaWalker, [1858]
  • Bagisara incidensWalker, 1858
  • Laphygma trilineaWalker, 1865
  • Acontia venustaBerg, 1882
  • Acontia unipunctataMöschler, 1890

Bagisara repanda, the wavy lined mallow moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. It is found from the southern United States (South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas), south through Guatemala, Panama, the Antilles, Paraguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil to Argentina.

Larva caudal segments Bagisara repanda caudal segments.JPG
Larva caudal segments

The length of the forewings is 10–12 mm. In Louisiana, most adults are on wing from late August to November. Adults are on wing all year round in the tropics and perhaps in Florida.

The larvae feed on Sida species and possibly other plants in the Malvaceae.


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