Striped Garden Caterpillar Moth

Trichordestra legitima

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae

Trichordestra legitima, the striped garden caterpillar moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864. It is found in eastern North America, from Newfoundland to Florida, west to Texas, north to Saskatchewan.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 264Canada · 109

Sources and credits

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Striped Garden Caterpillar Moth

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