Basilodes pepita

"Gold moth" redirects here. For the moth with a similar name, see European gold moth.

Basilodes pepita, the gold moth, is a owlet moth in the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} It is found in North America.^[1] Caterpillars feed on plants from the genus Verbesina.^[4]

Basilodes pepita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Basilodes
Species:	B. pepita
Binomial name
Basilodes pepita Guenée, 1852

The MONA or Hodges number for Basilodes pepita is 9781.^[6]