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Pagara
Sign in to savePagara is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Pagara simplex, the mouse-colored lichen moth, is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee. Both the genus and species were described by Francis Walker in 1856.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Pagara is referenced by 5 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, Florida and Alabama.
It sits within the topics Monotypic moth genera, Moths described in 1856 and Phaegopterina.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Erebidae
- Collections
- NMSU, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States
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- Pagara simplex.jpg
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Pagara is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Pagara simplex, the mouse-colored lichen moth, is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee. Both the genus and species were described by Francis Walker in 1856.
The wingspan is about 23 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing year round in the southern part of the range.
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