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Spargaloma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Spargaloma Grote, 1873
Species:	S. sexpunctata
Binomial name
Spargaloma sexpunctata Grote, 1873
Synonyms
Ledaea H. Druce, 1891

Spargaloma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species is Spargaloma sexpunctata, the six-spotted gray. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. It is found from coast to coast in lower Canada south in the east to Florida, Mississippi and Arkansas, in the west to California.

The wingspan is 25–29 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Spargaloma​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
2. Savela, Markku (July 3, 2019). "Spargaloma Grote, 1873". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2019.

• Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.
• McLeod, Robin (November 10, 2016). "Species Spargaloma sexpunctata - Six-spotted Gray - Hodges#8479". BugGuide. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
• "930715.00 – 8479 – Spargaloma sexpunctata – Six-spotted Gray Moth – Grote, 1873". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 19, 2019.

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