Psectrotarsia suavis H.Edwards, 1884 is a animal in the Noctuidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Psectrotarsia suavis H.Edwards, 1884 (Psectrotarsia suavis H.Edwards, 1884)
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Psectrotarsia suavis H.Edwards, 1884

Psectrotarsia suavis H.Edwards, 1884

Psectrotarsia suavis is a 32–34 mm wingspan Noctuidae moth found in the south-central US and northern Mexico.

Family
Genus
Psectrotarsia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Psectrotarsia suavis H.Edwards, 1884

Psectrotarsia suavis H.Edwards, 1884 is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. This moth occurs in the United States in south-western South Dakota, extreme north-eastern and western Nebraska, northern and south-western Kansas, eastern Colorado, New Mexico east of the Rocky Mountains, southern Arizona, the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas, as well as south central and south-western Texas. There are two confirmed records of this species from Mexico: one from Chihuahua and one from San Luis Potosi. The wingspan of Psectrotarsia suavis measures 32 to 34 mm.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Noctuidae › Psectrotarsia

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

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