Syngrapha u-aureum

Syngrapha u-aureum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
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

The Golden Looper Moth (Syngrapha u-aureum) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. 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:

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