Resapamea passer

Resapamea passer
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Resapamea
Species:	R. passer
Binomial name
Resapamea passer (Guenée, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
Mamestra passer Guenée, 1852 Mesapamea passer Hadena birnata Smith, 1908 Luceria conspicua Morrison, 1874 Agrotis incallida Walker, 1857 Luceria loculata Morrison, 1874 Hadena hulstii Grote, 1880 Luperina hulstii Hadena morna Strecker, 1878 Luperina morna Hadena virguncula Smith, 1899 Luperina virguncula

Resapamea passer, the dock rustic moth, is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found from central Alberta to northern Arizona in the Rocky Mountain region. In the mid-Continent it ranges from Minnesota and southern Ontario to Oklahoma and North Carolina, reaching the Atlantic Coast from Newfoundland to Maryland.^[2] The habitat consists of wetlands.

The length of the forewings is 15–19 mm.^[3]

The larvae feed on Rumex and possibly Polygonum species. They bore into the stems and roots of their host plant.

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