Tarache tetragona

Tarache tetragona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Tarache
Species:	T. tetragona
Binomial name
Tarache tetragona (Walker, 1858)
Synonyms
Acontia tetragona Walker, 1858 Acontia alessandra Smith, 1903 Acontia aprica var. ceyvenstensis Dyar, 1904 Acontia redota Draudt, 1936 Tarache gonoides McDunnough, 1943

Tarache tetragona, the four-spotted bird dropping moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from southern Florida south through the Caribbean and from eastern Texas south through Mexico and most of Central America to Costa Rica.^[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm.^[2] The forewings have a white basal and medial area. The hindwings are white without a darker outer margin. Females are more darkly marked than males. Adults are on wing in February and September in North America.

The larvae feed on Malvaviscus arboreus and . The species overwinters as a pupa, made in an ovoid, sandy cocoon.^[3]

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