Properigea costa, the barrens moth, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae.[1][2] It was first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1923 and it is found in North America.[1]

Properigea costa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Properigea
Species:
P. costa
Binomial name
Properigea costa
(Barnes & Benjamin, 1923)

The MONA or Hodges number for Properigea costa is 9589.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Properigea costa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  2. ^ "Properigea costa Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  3. ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Properigea costa". Retrieved 2018-05-03.

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