Spargaloma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species is Spargaloma sexpunctata, the six-spotted gray. Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873.[2] It is found from coast to coast in lower Canada south in the east to Florida, Mississippi and Arkansas, in the west to California.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Spargaloma Grote, 1873 |
| Species: | S. sexpunctata
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| Binomial name | |
| Spargaloma sexpunctata Grote, 1873
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The wingspan is 25–29 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Spargaloma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ Savela, Markku (July 3, 2019). "Spargaloma Grote, 1873". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- 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.
- McLeod, Robin (November 10, 2016). "Species Spargaloma sexpunctata - Six-spotted Gray - Hodges#8479". BugGuide. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- "930715.00 – 8479 – Spargaloma sexpunctata – Six-spotted Gray Moth – Grote, 1873". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 19, 2019.