Allagrapha aerea
Allagrapha aerea (unspotted looper moth or copper looper moth) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in eastern North America from southern Ontario to the panhandle of Florida and west to western Nebraska.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Allagrapha |
| Species: | A. aerea |
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| Allagrapha aerea (Hübner, [1803]) | |
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The wingspan is 28–42 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September or to October in the south. There are two generations per year.
The larvae are probably general feeders on herbaceous plants. Larvae have been recorded on Urtica, Aster umbellatus and soybeans.
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