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Autographa californica (alfalfa looper)

Synonyms: Autographa russea

Wikipedia Abstract

The alfalfa looper (Autographa californica) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Southern British Columbia to Baja California and to Manitoba, South Dakota, Colorado and New Mexico. The wingspan is 36–42 mm. The moth flies from July to October depending on the location.
View Wikipedia Record: Autographa californica

Prey / Diet

Beta maritima (sea beet)[1]
Dipterostemon capitatus (bluedicks)[2]
Medicago sativa (yellow alfalfa)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Chaetogaedia monticola[2]
Lespesia archippivora[2]
Madremyia saundersii[2]
Periscepsia helymus[2]
Voria ruralis[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0