Syngrapha angulidens

Syngrapha angulidens
Syngrapha angulidens angulidens male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Syngrapha
Species: S. angulidens
Binomial name
Syngrapha angulidens
(Smith, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Plusia angulidens Smith, 1891
  • Autographa alta Ottolengui, 1919
  • Autographa excelsa Ottolengui, 1902 (preocc. Autographa excelsa (Kretschmar, 1862))
  • Syngrapha excelsa (Ottolengui, 1902)

Syngrapha angulidens is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Alaska south in the mountains to northern Oregon, western Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico and east to Colorado, western Wyoming, Montana and Alberta.

Syngrapha angulidens excelsa female

The wingspan is 30–34 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Abies and Pseudotsuga species.

Subspecies

There are two recognised subspecies:

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