What is Thurberiphaga diffusa?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Thurberiphaga diffusa'' | image = Thurberiphaga diffusa, Megan McCarty154.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Lepidoptera]] | subordo = [[Ditrysia]] | superfamilia = [[Noctuoidea]] | familia = [[Noctuidae]] | subfamilia = [[Amphipyrinae]] | genus = ''[[Thurberiphaga]]'' | species = '''''T. diffusa''''' | binomial = ''Thurberiphaga diffusa'' | binomial_authority = (Barnes, 1904) | synonyms = }} '''''Thurberiphaga diffusa''''' is a [[North America]]n [[moth]]. It is in the family [[Noctuidae]]. ==Distribution== ''Thurberiphaga diffusa'' is found only in southern [[Arizona]].<ref name=po>Jerry A. Powell and Paul A. Opler (2009). ''Moths of Western North America''. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA. {{ISBN|978-0-520-25197-7}}</ref> ==Flight period== This moth has one [[brood]] per year. It is seen from July to September.<ref name=po/> ==Life cycle== The [[caterpillar]] bores into the stem of the host plant. It is a pinkish color. It is covered with rough hairs.<ref name=po/> ==Host plants== ''T. diffusa'''s only host plant is Wild Cotton (''[[Gossypium thurberi]]'').<ref name=bg>[http://bugguide.net/node/view/322364 Thurberiphaga diffusa] Bug Guide.net</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{commonscat|Thurberiphaga diffusa}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Noctuidae]]