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Plagiomimicus spumosum, the frothy moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It is found in North America, where it has a transcontinental range in the United States, north to southern Ontario and southern Alberta.[1]

Plagiomimicus spumosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Plagiomimicus
Species:	P. spumosum
Binomial name
Plagiomimicus spumosum (Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
Stibadium spumosum Grote, 1873 Stibadium mavina Barnes & McDunnough, 1910 Plagiomimicus mavina

The wingspan is 33–40 mm. The forewings are dull grey brown to yellow brown, with a faint antemedian line and slightly more prominent postmedian line. The forewings are slightly paler in the basal and terminal areas. The hindwings are lighter brown, almost white in the basal half. Adults are on wing in mid-summer in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Helianthus annuus. They burrow into the head of the host plant and feed on the seeds.[2]

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