Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Agaristinae » Alypia » Wittfeld's Forester Moth - Hodges#9316 (Alypia wittfeldii)

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

Wittfeld's Forester Moth - Alypia wittfeldii

Wittfeld's Forester Moth caterpillar - Alypia wittfeldii

Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

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

restricted to Georgia and 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 - species page with photos of living and pinned adults.

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 26 June, 2006 - 7:55am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Maury Heiman, Ethan Kistler
Last updated 6 April, 2011 - 3:28pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by: