Autographa bimaculata

Autographa bimaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Autographa
Species: A. bimaculata
Binomial name
Autographa bimaculata
Stephens, 1830
Synonyms
  • Megalographa bimaculata (Stephens, 1830)
  • Plusia bimaculata
  • Plusia u-brevis

The Two-spotted Looper Moth, Twin Gold Spot or Double-spotted Spangle (Autographa bimaculata) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Newfoundland west, just short of the coast of British Columbia, north to the Northwest Territories and south to New Mexico in the west and Pennsylvania and Long Island in the east.

The wingspan is 37–40 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Taraxacum, but also accept Plantago and Urtica dioica.

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