{{short description|Species of moth}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Photedes defecta | authority = (Grote, 1874) | synonyms = *''Senta defecta'' <small>Grote, 1874</small> *''Chortodes defecta'' *''Hypocoena'' (''Chortodes'') ''defecta'' *''Hypocoena defecta'' <small>(Grote, 1874)</small> }}
'''''Photedes defecta''''', the '''narrow-winged borer''', is a moth of the family Noctuidae.<ref>{{cite book |last=Poole |first=R. W. |date=1989 |title=Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) |volume=Fascicle 118, Noctuidae |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-0-916846-45-9}}</ref> The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It is found in North America from Maryland and Massachusetts north to New Brunswick, west to North Dakota and British Columbia.
The wingspan is 25–27 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September. There is one generation per year, but there might be a smaller second brood in mid to late September.
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==External links== *{{cite web |url=http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=09443 |title=932425.00 – 9443 – ''Photedes defecta'' – (Grote, 1874) |website=North American Moth Photographers Group |publisher=Mississippi State University |access-date=November 11, 2020}} *{{cite web |author1=Anweiler, G. G. |date=2007 |url=https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-6376 |title=Species Details ''Photedes defecta'' |website=University of Alberta Museums |publisher=E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum |access-date=November 11, 2020}}
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Category:Hadeninae Category:Moths of North America Category:Moths described in 1874 Category:Taxa named by Augustus Radcliffe Grote
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