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Spotted Straw Moth
Heliocheilus lupatus
The Purple Topper (Heliocheilus lupatus) is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found from Kentucky and central Connecticut south (through Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina) to Florida and Texas.
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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 337296.