Biology:Allagrapha aerea

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Short description: Species of moth

Allagrapha aerea
Allagrapha aerea1.jpg
Allagrapha aerea - Unspotted Looper Moth (14115207429).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Allagrapha
Species:
A. aerea
Binomial name
Allagrapha aerea
(Hübner, [1803])
Synonyms
  • Noctua aerea Hübner, 1803

Allagrapha aerea, the unspotted looper moth or copper looper moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1803.[1] It is found in eastern North America from southern Ontario to the Florida Panhandle and west to western Nebraska.[2][3]

The wingspan is 28–42 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September or to October in the south. There are two generations per year.

The larvae are probably general feeders on herbaceous plants. Larvae have been recorded on Urtica, Aster umbellatus and soybeans.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4730285 entry