Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris Hübner, 1831 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris Hübner, 1831

Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris Hübner, 1831

The four-lined chocolate moth Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris is a Noctuidae moth found in eastern and southern US with ~27 mm wingspan.

Family
Genus
Argyrostrotis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris Hübner, 1831

Argyrostrotis quadrifilaris, commonly known as the four-lined chocolate moth, is a moth species that belongs to the family Noctuidae. Jacob Hübner first described this species in 1831. In the United States, it is distributed from New York and New Hampshire, southward to Florida and Texas. The wingspan of this moth measures approximately 27 mm.

Photo: (c) G. L. Dearman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by G. L. Dearman · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Argyrostrotis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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