Copablepharon fuscum

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Copablepharon fuscum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Copablepharon
Species:
C. fuscum
Binomial name
Copablepharon fuscum
Troubridge & Crabo, 1996

Copablepharon fuscum, the sand-verbena moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found on sandy ocean beaches in British Columbia and Washington.

The wingspan is 35–40 mm.

The larvae feed on Abronia latifolia .


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