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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Looper Moths (Plusiinae) » Plusiini » Plusiina » Syngrapha » Syngrapha orophila - Hodges#8930 (Syngrapha orophila)
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Autographa ampla? - Syngrapha orophila
Copyright © 2014 Susan Wise-Eagle

Autographa ampla? - Syngrapha orophila
9 miles south of Wrangell, Wrangell County, Alaska, USA
August 18, 2014
Size: 3/4 inch
Attracted to porch light. Doesn't quite match the description and other photos, but this was the closest I could come of those expected here. Hindwing is yellowish at the base with a dark rear edge--I'll post a photo of the pinned moth when it dries.

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Contributed by Susan Wise-Eagle on 29 August, 2014 - 11:02pm
Last updated 28 July, 2015 - 1:54pm

Moved
Moved from Large Looper Moth.
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id confirmed
I submitted these images to BAMONA and they confirmed that it is Autographa ampla.
… Susan Wise-Eagle, 10 September, 2014 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

 
oops-wrong id
While BAMONA 'confirmed' the id as A. ampla, the orange-yellow hindwing makes that impossible--no wonder I was confused. It is actually Syngrapha orophila which has been previously documented in Alaska not far south from here. Part of my confusion is that S. orophila should be in the mountains, not here on the coast, tho it's larval food--blueberries--is in my yard. This individual is a little different than some photos I've seen of S. orophila, but strongly resembles those of John Davis here:
… Susan Wise-Eagle, 28 July, 2015 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

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