Syngrapha epigaea

Syngrapha epigaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Syngrapha
Species: S. epigaea
Binomial name
Syngrapha epigaea
(Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Plusia epigaea Grote, 1874

Syngrapha epigaea, the pirate looper moth or narrow silver Y, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from coast to coast in Canada south in the east 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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