Photedes enervata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Photedes
Species:
P. enervata
Binomial name
Photedes enervata
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Nonagria enervata Guenée, 1852
  • Nonagria fodiens Guenée, 1852
  • Chortodes enervata
  • Hypocoena (Chortodes) enervata
  • Hypocoena orphnina (Dyar, 1912)
  • Arenosola orphnina Dyar, 1912
  • Chortodes orphnina
  • Hypocoena (Chortodes) orphnina
  • Hypocoena enervata (Guenée, 1852)

Photedes enervata, the many-lined cordgrass moth, previously known as Hypocoena enervata, [1] is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in marshes along the Atlantic Coast of North America, with scattered inland wetlands records from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick south to Florida.

The larvae feed on Spartina alterniflora.

References

  1. ↑ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived 2009-09-23 at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.


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