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Genus Alypia

Eight-spotted Forester Caterpillar - Alypia octomaculata Eight-spotted Forester - Alypia octomaculata Caterpillar - Alypia wittfeldii Forester Caterpillar - Alypia octomaculata caterpillar - Alypia octomaculata Caterpillar - Alypia octomaculata Is this Alypia ridingsi? - Alypia ridingsii Is this Alypia ridingsi? - Alypia ridingsii
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Agaristinae
Genus Alypia
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Hübner, 1818. Alypia is a Roman feminine name. (Based on Internet searches.)
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists five species.
Size
wingspan 25-37 mm
Identification
Adult: black with white or yellowish patches on all wings (pattern varies according to species)
Range
most of United States and throughout Canada, including Yukon and Northwest Territories
Food
larvae feed on Virginia Creeper, grape, willow-herb (Epilobium spp.), Japanese Persimmon (host varies according to species)
Internet References
Canadian Biodiversity pinned adult images of three species in genus and a related genus, Androloma (note Alypia ridingsii occurs only in the far west).
Nearctica.com several pinned images
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, Ron M.
Last updated 29 October, 2008 - 9:42pm

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