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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Spragueia |
| Species: | S. leo |
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| Spragueia leo (Guenée, 1852) | |
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Spragueia leo, the common spragueia, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America from Ontario, Manitoba and south-eastern Massachusetts, south to Florida, west to Texas and Kansas.
The wingspan is 12 to 18 millimetres (0.47 to 0.71 in). Adults are on wing from June to September. The larvae feed on Convolvulus species.
External links
- "931387.00 – 9127 – Spragueia leo – Common Spragueia Moth – (Guenée, 1852)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
- Bartlett, Troy (September 13, 2017). "Species Spragueia leo - Common Spragueia - Hodges#9127". BugGuide. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
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