Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides
| Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Eosphoropteryx |
| Species: | E. thyatyroides |
| Binomial name | |
| Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides (Guenée, 1852) | |
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The Pink-patched Looper Moth or Pink-tinted Beauty (Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. In the north-east, it is found from Nova Scotia and northern Ontario south to Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio and along the Appalachians from Maine to eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. In the north-west, it occurs from central Alberta and southern British Columbia, south in the Cascades to southern Oregon, and in the Rocky Mountains to northern Idaho.
The wingspan is 31–38 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August in Alberta and from June to early August and mid October in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The larvae feed on Thalictrum dioicum and Thalictrum polygamum.
External links
- Bug Guide
- Images
- Species info
- The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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