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Species Alypia wittfeldii - Wittfeld's Forester Moth - Hodges#9316

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Range · See Also · Internet References
Caterpillar - Alypia wittfeldii Alypia wittfeldii Eight-spotted Forester Moth - Alypia wittfeldii Moth - Alypia wittfeldii Alypia wittfeldii Alypia wittfeldii Alypia wittfeldii
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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
Species wittfeldii (Wittfeld's Forester Moth - Hodges#9316)
Hodges Number
9316
Identification
Similar to A. octomaculata, Eight-spotted Forester, but spots are narrower and more elliptical.
Range
Central and South Florida
See Also
Eight-spotted Forester is not found in peninsular FL, according to comments on this image:

Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - scroll down to 9316 for image
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 26 June, 2006 - 7:55am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Ethan Kistler
Last updated 4 April, 2009 - 10:50pm

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