Renia adspergillus, the gray renia or speckled renia moth, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc in 1800. It is found in North America from Michigan to Quebec and south to Louisiana and Florida.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Renia |
| Species: | R. adspergillus |
| Binomial name | |
| Renia adspergillus (Bosc, 1800) | |
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The wingspan is about 25 mm. There are multiple generations in the southeast.
Larvae feed beneath a web of silk.
References
edit- Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.
- "930538.00 – 8386 – Renia adspergillus – Speckled Renia Moth – (Bosc, [1800])". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
- Boone, Mike (January 26, 2020). "Species Renia adspergillus - Speckled Renia Moth - Hodges#8386". BugGuide. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
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