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Alypia langtoni

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Alypia langtoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Alypia
Species:
A. langtoni
Binomial name
Alypia langtoni
Couper, 1865
Synonyms
  • Alypia sacramenti Grote & Robinson, 1868
  • Agarista sacramenti Boisduval, 1869
  • Alypia hudsonia Barnes & McDunnough, 1917
  • Alypia brannani Stretch, 1872

Alypia langtoni, the six-spotted forester or Langton's forester, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by William Couper in 1865.[1] It is found in North America from Newfoundland to Alaska, south to Maine and Wisconsin in the east, south in the west to Colorado and California.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July in one generation depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Epilobium species.

References

  1. ^ Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (2010-03-19). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 64. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414. ISSN 1313-2970.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)