Allagrapha aerea

Allagrapha aerea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Allagrapha
Species:	A. aerea
Binomial name
Allagrapha aerea (Hübner, [1803])
Synonyms
Noctua aerea Hübner, 1803

Allagrapha aerea, the unspotted looper moth or copper looper moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1803.[1] It is found in eastern North America from southern Ontario to the Florida Panhandle and west to western Nebraska.[2][3]

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.

References

1. Cotinis (December 29, 2015). "Species Allagrapha aerea - Unspotted Looper Moth - Hodges#8898". BugGuide. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
2. "931177.00 – 8898 – Allagrapha aerea (Hübner, [1803]) – Unspotted Looper Moth". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
3. Pogue, Michael G. (2005). "The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1032: 1–28.