Bagisara repanda

The wavy lined mallow moth (Bagisara repanda) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the southern United States from South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas, south through Guatemala, Panama, the Antilles, Paraguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil to Argentina.

Larva caudal segments

Bagisara repanda
Larva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Bagisara
Species:
B. repanda
Binomial name
Bagisara repanda
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx repanda Fabricius, 1793
  • Atethmia subusta Hübner, [1821]
  • Atethmia inusta Guenée, 1852
  • Anomis dispartita Walker, [1858]
  • Anthophila erecta Walker, [1858]
  • Poaphila congesta Walker, [1858]
  • Bagisara incidens Walker, 1858
  • Laphygma trilinea Walker, 1865
  • Acontia venusta Berg, 1882
  • Acontia unipunctata Möschler, 1890

The length of the forewings is 10–12 mm. In Louisiana, most adults are on wing from late August to November. Adults are on wing all year round in the tropics and perhaps in Florida.

The larvae feed on Sida species and possibly other plants in the Malvaceae.


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