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Polychrysia morigera (Disjunct Looper)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Disjunct Looper (Polychrysia morigera) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. In the east of North America, it is found in the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio river valleys from Pennsylvania to Tennessee. In the Rocky Mountains it is found from Montana to Colorado and on the west coast it occurs from Oregon to northern California. It is the rarest of the North American Plusiinae species. The wingspan is 28-31 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.
View Wikipedia Record: Polychrysia morigera

Prey / Diet

Cypripedium kentuckiense (Kentucky lady's slipper)[1]
Delphinium trolliifolium (Columbian larkspur)[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