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Chrysanympha formosa (Formosa Looper)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Formosa Looper (Chrysanympha formosa) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Newfoundland west to Manitoba and south to the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee. The wingspan is 30–35 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August in Alberta and from June to August in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. There is one generation per year. The larvae have been recorded on Gaylussacia dumosa and Vaccinium species.
View Wikipedia Record: Chrysanympha formosa

Prey / Diet

Gaylussacia dumosa (dwarf huckleberry)[1]
Vaccinium myrtilloides (velvetleaf huckleberry)[1]
Vaccinium pallidum (Blue Ridge blueberry)[1]

External References

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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
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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