Syngrapha u-aureum
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Syngrapha |
Species: | S. u-aureum
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Binomial name | |
Syngrapha u-aureum Guenée, 1852
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Syngrapha u-aureum, the golden looper moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from eastern Manitoba to Quebec, Labrador, southern Greenland, Newfoundland, northern Maine, northern New Hampshire and northern New York.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Syngrapha_arctica.jpg)
Syngrapha u-aureum female
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Syngrapha_groenlandica.jpg)
Syngrapha u-aureum male
There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Vaccinium species.
Subspecies[]
There are two recognised subspecies:
- Syngrapha u-aureum u-aureum
- Syngrapha u-aureum vaccinii
External links[]
- Image
- Species info[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- Plusiinae
- Moths of North America
- Moths described in 1852
- Plusiinae stubs