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.

Spargaloma
Dorsal photo of Spargaloma sexpunctata – Six-spotted Gray Moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Spargaloma
Grote, 1873
Species:
S. sexpunctata
Binomial name
Spargaloma sexpunctata
Grote, 1873
Synonyms[1]

The wingspan is 25–29 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (July 3, 2019). "Spargaloma Grote, 1873". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 19, 2019.