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Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides (Pink-patched Looper Moth)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Pink-patched Looper Moth or Pink-tinted Beauty (Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. In the north-east, it is found from Nova Scotia and northern Ontario south to Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio and along the Appalachians from Maine to eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. In the north-west, it occurs from central Alberta and southern British Columbia, south in the Cascades to southern Oregon, and in the Rocky Mountains to northern Idaho. The larvae feed on Thalictrum dioicum and Thalictrum polygamum.
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Prey / Diet

Aquilegia canadensis (American columbine)[1]
Pedicularis canadensis (early lousewort)[1]
Thalictrum dioicum (early meadow-rue)[1]
Thalictrum pubescens (king of the meadow)[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