Syngrapha u-aureum

Syngrapha u-aureum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Syngrapha
Species:
S. u-aureum
Binomial name
Syngrapha u-aureum
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Plusia u-aureum Guenée, 1852
  • Plusia interrogationis var. grönlandica Staudinger, 1857
  • Plusia interrogationis var. arctica Möschler, 1884
  • Autographa pallida Ottolengui, 1902
  • Syngrapha octoscripta pallida
  • Plusia vaccinii H. Edwards, 1886
  • Syngrapha arctica
  • Syngrapha groenlandica

Syngrapha u-aureum, the golden looper moth, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found from eastern Manitoba to Quebec, Labrador, southern Greenland, Newfoundland, northern Maine, northern New Hampshire and northern New York.

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


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