Alypia langtoni

Alypia langtoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Alypia
Species: A. langtoni
Binomial name
Alypia langtoni
Couper, 1865
Synonyms
  • Alypia dipsaci Grote & Robinson, 1868
  • Alypia sacramenti
  • Agarista sacramenti
  • Alypia hudsonia
  • Alypia brannani

Langton's Forester or the Six-spotted Forester (Alypia langtoni) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found 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.

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