Tarache tetragona

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Tarache tetragona
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Tarache
Species:
T. tetragona
Binomial name
Tarache tetragona
(Walker, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Acontia tetragonaWalker, 1858
  • Acontia alessandraSmith, 1903
  • Acontia aprica var. ceyvenstensisDyar, 1904
  • Acontia redotaDraudt, 1936
  • Tarache gonoidesMcDunnough, 1943

Tarache tetragona, the four-spotted bird dropping moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from southern Florida south through the Caribbean and from eastern Texas south through Mexico and most of Central America to Costa Rica. [1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. [2]

The larvae feed on Malvaviscus arboreus and Herssantia crispa . [3]

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