Syngrapha octoscripta
Syngrapha octoscripta (figure-eight looper moth or dusky silver Y) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from coast to coast in most of Canada south in the east to northern Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the Great Lakes States.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Syngrapha |
| Species: | S. octoscripta |
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| Syngrapha octoscripta (Grote, 1874) | |
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The wingspan is 34–36 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August depending on the location. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Vaccinium species.
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