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Bougainvillea Caterpillar Moth
Asciodes gordialis
Asciodes gordialis, the bougainvillea caterpillar moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found across the southern United States, in the West Indies (including Cuba and the Dominican Republic) and in South America (including French Guiana, Ecuador and Argentina).
The wingspan is about 25 mm.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 330480.