Condica vecors

Condica vecors, the dusky groundling, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.^[1] It is found from Newfoundland to Florida, west to Arizona and north to Ontario.^[2]

Dusky groundling
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Condica
Species:	C. vecors
Binomial name
Condica vecors (Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
Perigea vecors Guenée, 1852 Platysenta vecors Apamea remissa Walker, 1857 Platysenta remissa Platysenta demittens Walker, 1858 Perigea luxa Grote, 1874

The wingspan is 29–38 mm. They are on wing from May to August in the north and from April to October in the south. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Eupatorium and lettuce.