Syngrapha octoscripta

Syngrapha octoscripta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Syngrapha
Species: S. octoscripta
Binomial name
Syngrapha octoscripta
(Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Plusia octoscripta Grote, 1874
  • Autographa magnifica Ottolengui, 1919

The Figure-eight Looper Moth or Dusky Silver Y (Syngrapha octoscripta) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from coast to coast in most of Canada south in the east to northern Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the Great Lakes States.

The wingspan is 34–36 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium species.


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