| Sympistis dunbari | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Sympistis |
| Species: | S. dunbari |
| Binomial name | |
| Sympistis dunbari (Harvey, 1876) | |
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Sympistis dunbari is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Leon F. Harvey in 1876. [1] It is found in wet coastal forests of North America, west of the Cascade Mountains, as far north as British Columbia, south to Utah, California and Arizona.
Oncocnemis definita, was formerly considered a synonym of Oncocnemis dunbari, but is now considered a separate species, Sympistis definita .
The wingspan is about 34 mm.
The larvae feed on the foliage of Holodiscus discolor .
If disturbed, the caterpillar of this species will leap two or three inches upwards.