Photedes defecta, the narrow-winged borer, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It is found in North America from Maryland and Massachusetts north to New Brunswick, west to North Dakota and British Columbia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Photedes |
| Species: | P. defecta
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| Binomial name | |
| Photedes defecta (Grote, 1874)
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The wingspan is 25–27 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September. There is one generation per year, but there might be a smaller second brood in mid to late September.
References edit
- ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series). Vol. Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
External links edit
- "932425.00 – 9443 – Photedes defecta – (Grote, 1874)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- Anweiler, G. G. (2007). "Species Details Photedes defecta". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
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