Alypia langtoni

Alypia langtoni, the six-spotted forester or Langton's forester, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by William Couper in 1865. It is found in North America from Newfoundland to Alaska, south to Maine and Wisconsin in the east, south in the west to Colorado and California.

Alypia langtoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Alypia
Species:
A. langtoni
Binomial name
Alypia langtoni
Couper, 1865
Synonyms
  • Alypia dipsaci Grote & Robinson, 1868
  • Alypia sacramenti
  • Agarista sacramenti
  • Alypia hudsonia
  • Alypia brannani

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July in one generation depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Epilobium species.

  • Anweiler, G. G. (2008). "Species Details Alypia langtoni". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  • "Alypia langtoni Couper". Noctuidae of North America. Retrieved November 12, 2020.


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