Magusa divaricata

Magusa divaricata, the orbed narrow-wing, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It is found from eastern Canada south through the Caribbean and Central America to Paraguay and Argentina. It is a migratory species, which travels north in late summer and fall.

Magusa divaricata
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M. divaricata
Binomial name
Magusa divaricata
(Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Stictoptera divaricata Grote, 1874
  • Magusa strigifera Walker, 1857
  • Magusa discidens Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Magusa dissidens
  • Magusa sarpida Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874

The wingspan is 40 mm.

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