Alypia mariposa

Alypia mariposa, the mariposa forester, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1868.[1] It is found in Coast Ranges and Sierra foothills of California,[2] from Kern and San Luis Obispo counties in the south to Placer County in the north.

Alypia mariposa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Alypia
Species:
A. mariposa
Binomial name
Alypia mariposa
Grote & Robinson, 1868
Synonyms
  • Alypia lunata Stretch, 1872

It resembles Alypia ridingsii except it lacks black lines through the white wing spots. Adults fly in April, May and June.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Clarkia bottae and Clarkia unguiculata.[2]

References

  1. Grote, A. R.; Robinson, C. T. (January 1868). "Descriptions of North American Lepidoptera – No. 3". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 1: 323.
  2. Powell, Jerry A. & Opler, Paul A. (2009). Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA. ISBN 978-0-520-25197-7


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