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Magusa orbifera

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Magusa orbifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Magusa
Species:
M. orbifera
Binomial name
Magusa orbifera
(Walker, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Xylina orbifera Walker, 1857
  • Magusa orbiferella Strand, 1916
  • Magusa orbiferana Strand, 1916
  • Magusa perversa Strand, 1916
  • Laphygma angustipennis Möschler, 1886

Magusa orbifera is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from southern Florida through the Florida Keys to the Caribbean.[1] The species is commonly known as Orbed Narrow-wing, but this name may also be applied to Magusa divaricata, which was treated as a synonym until recently.

The wingspan is 34 mm. Adults are on wing year-round.

The larvae feed on Krugiodendron ferreum and Karwinskia humboldtiana.

Taxonomy

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Magusa divaricata was previously treated as a synonym of Magusa orbifera, but was recently reinstated as a valid species.

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