Syngrapha epigaea

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Syngrapha epigaea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Syngrapha
Species:
S. epigaea
Binomial name
Syngrapha epigaea
(Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Plusia epigaeaGrote, 1874

Syngrapha epigaea, the pirate looper moth or narrow silver Y, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It is found from coast to coast in Canada south in the east to Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the northern Great Lakes states.

The wingspan is 39–40 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium angustifolium and Kalmia angustifolia .


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<i>Syngrapha celsa</i> Species of moth

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<i>Syngrapha selecta</i> Species of moth

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