Many-lined cordgrass moth facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Photedes enervata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Photedes
Species:	P. enervata
Binomial name
*Photedes enervata* (Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
Nonagria enervata Guenée, 1852 Nonagria fodiens Guenée, 1852 Chortodes enervata Hypocoena (Chortodes) enervata Hypocoena orphnina (Dyar, 1912) Arenosola orphnina Dyar, 1912 Chortodes orphnina Hypocoena (Chortodes) orphnina Hypocoena enervata (Guenée, 1852)

The Many-Lined Cordgrass Moth (Photedes enervata, until recently Hypocoena enervata) is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in marshes along the Atlantic Coast of North America, with scattered inland wetlands records from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick south to Florida.

The larvae feed on Spartina alterniflora.

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