Maryland Biodiversity Project - Dot-and-dash Swordgrass Moth (Xylena curvimacula)

Dot-and-dash Swordgrass Moth Xylena curvimacula (Morrison, 1874)

Synonyms: Hodges #9874.

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Lepidoptera > Family Noctuidae > Genus Xylena Dot-and-dash Swordgrass Moth - Xylena curvimacula - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/7774

Host plants include White Meadowsweet (Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants).

There are 9 records in the project database.

A Dot-and-dash Swordgrass Moth collected in western Maryland. Photo by John Glaser. (MBP list)

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