Sympistis dentata

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Sympistis dentata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Sympistis
Species:
S. dentata
Binomial name
Sympistis dentata
(Grote, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Apatela dentataGrote, 1875
  • Acronycta pyralisSmith, 1895
  • Sympistis purpurea
  • Apharetra dentata
  • Apharetra purpureaMcDunnough, 1940
  • Apharetra pyralis

Sympistis dentata, the toothed apharetra moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1875. [1] It is found from Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and British Columbia to Newfoundland and the northern United States, south in the east to New Jersey. It is listed as threatened in the US state of Connecticut. [2]

Host plants

Larvae feed on Vaccinium and Kalmia polifolia . [3]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Apharetra dentata (Grote, 1875)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  2. "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  3. Species Sympistis dentata - Toothed Apharetra - Hodges#10055. BugGuide. Retrieved December 25, 2017.