| Plusia contexta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Plusia |
| Species: | P. contexta
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| Binomial name | |
| Plusia contexta Grote, 1873
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Plusia contexta, the connected looper, is a species of looper moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.123
The MONA or Hodges number for Plusia contexta is 8952.4
Mature caterpillars are a vibrant grass green. They have narrow whitish dorsal and subdorsal lines and a broad yellowish lateral stripe.5
Distribution and habitat
The distribution area of Plusia contexta extends through eastern and central regions of North America.6 The species inhabits meadows and fields.7
References
References
- "Plusia contexta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- "Plusia contexta". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- "Plusia contexta species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- "North American Moth Photographers Group, Plusia contexta". Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- Raupe
- Verbreitung
- Informationen bei BugGuide der Iowa State University, [1]
Further reading
Further reading
- Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 127–47. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
- Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2015). "Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, III". ZooKeys (527): 227–236. doi:10.3897/zookeys.527.6151. PMC 4668890. PMID 26692790.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.