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Alypia mariposa

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Mariposa forester
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

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.[3]

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[citation needed] and Clarkia unguiculata.[2]

References

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  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. ^ a b 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
  3. ^ "Alypia mariposa Grote & Robinson 1868 - Encyclopedia of Life".
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