Chrysanympha formosa
| Chrysanympha formosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Chrysanympha |
| Species: | C. formosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysanympha formosa (Grote, 1865) | |
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The Formosa Looper (Chrysanympha formosa) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Newfoundland west to Manitoba and south to the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee.
The wingspan is 30–35 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August in Alberta and from June to August in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There is one generation per year.
The larvae have been recorded on Gaylussacia dumosa and Vaccinium species.
External links
- Bug Guide
- Images
- Species info
- The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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