Alypia langtoni

Langton's Forester
	Adult female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Alypia
Species:	A. langtoni
Binomial name
	Alypia langtoni; Couper, 1865
Synonyms
	Alypia sacramenti Grote & Robinson, 1868; Agarista sacramenti Boisduval, 1869; Alypia hudsonia Barnes & McDunnough, 1917; Alypia brannani Stretch, 1872;

Alypia langtoni, the six-spotted forester or Langton's forester, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by William Couper in 1865.[1] It is found in North America from Newfoundland to Alaska, south to Maine and Wisconsin in the east, south in the west to Colorado and California.

Description

A caterpillar with a mainly white body, and white head, with black speckles of dots surrounding its whole body. Orange accents around each segment of its body. Its covered sparsely with little white hairs, in an almost spike-like manner.

Larval stage

The moth exhibits sexual dimorphism. Males have eight spots in total while females have six. Their bodies are black with white spots on each wing. Their antennae are banded with white rings. The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July in one generation depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Chamaenerion species such as Fireweed.

References

Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (2010-03-19). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 64. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414. ISSN 1313-2970.

External links

Anweiler, G. G. (2008). "Species Details Alypia langtoni". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
"Alypia langtoni Couper". Noctuidae of North America. Retrieved November 12, 2020.

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[1] Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (2010-03-19). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 64. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414. ISSN 1313-2970.