Alypia langtoni

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Alypia langtoni
Six-Spotted Forester moth (Alypia langtoni) at Waterton Lakes National Park (5129068651).jpg
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Alypia
Species:
A. langtoni
Binomial name
Alypia langtoni
Couper, 1865
Synonyms
  • Alypia sacramentiGrote & Robinson, 1868
  • Agarista sacramentiBoisduval, 1869
  • Alypia hudsoniaBarnes & McDunnough, 1917
  • Alypia brannaniStretch, 1872

Alypia langtoni, the six-spotted forester or Langton's forester, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by William Couper in 1865. [1] It is found in North America from Newfoundland to Alaska, south to Maine and Wisconsin in the east, south in the west to Colorado and California.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July in one generation depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Epilobium species.

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References

  1. Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (2010-03-19). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 64. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 . ISSN   1313-2970.