Condica vecors

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Dusky groundling
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Condica
Species:
C. vecors
Binomial name
Condica vecors
(Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Platysenta remissa Perigea vecors
  • Guenée, 1852
  • Platysenta demittens
  • Apamea remissa Walker, 1858
  • Platysenta vecors Walker, 1857
  • Grote, 1874 Perigea luxa

Condica vecors, the dusky groundling, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1] It is found from Newfoundland to Florida, west to Arizona and north to Ontario.[2]

The wingspan is 29–38 mm. They are on wing from May to August in the north and from April to October in the south. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Eupatorium and lettuce.

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