Evergestis unimacula Grote & Robinson is a animal in the Crambidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Evergestis unimacula Grote & Robinson

Evergestis unimacula Grote & Robinson

The large-spotted evergestis moth (Evergestis unimacula) is a Crambidae moth found across much of eastern North America.

Family
Genus
Evergestis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Evergestis unimacula Grote & Robinson

Evergestis unimacula, commonly known as the large-spotted evergestis moth, is a moth species belonging to the family Crambidae. This species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1867. It is native to North America, with confirmed records from Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Outlier occurrences of the species have also been recorded in Florida.

Photo: (c) John Ratzlaff, all rights reserved, uploaded by John Ratzlaff

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Crambidae › Evergestis

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

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