Narrow-winged Borer Moth

Photedes defecta

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae

Photedes defecta, the narrow-winged borer, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It is found in North America from Maryland and Massachusetts north to New Brunswick, west to North Dakota and British Columbia.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 107United States of America · 2

Sources and credits

Photo(c) adam1420, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionPhotedes defecta, Wikipedia contributors

Narrow-winged Borer Moth

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