Alypia
Encyclopedia
Alypia is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family.
Species
- Alypia australis Schaus, 1920
- Alypia langtoniAlypia langtoniLangton's Forester or the Six-spotted Forester is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Newfoundland to Alaska, south to Maine and Wisconsin in the east, south in the west to Colorado and California....
Couper, 1865 - Alypia lulesa Köhler, 1940
- Alypia mariposaAlypia mariposaMariposa forester is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in California, from Kern and San Luis Obispo counties in the south to Placer county in the north....
Grote & Robinson, 1868 - Alypia octomaculataAlypia octomaculataThe Eight-Spotted Forester is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Eastern part of the United States, Texas and Florida. It is also present in parts of Canada....
(Fabricius, 1775) - Alypia ridingsiiAlypia ridingsiiRidings' Forester or the Mountain Forester is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found as far east as the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. It is also found in Arizona, Utah, all of California and northward into Oregon, Idaho, Washington, British Columbia and AlaskaThe wingspan...
Grote, 1864 - Alypia wittfeldiiAlypia wittfeldiiWittfeld's Forester is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in almost entire Florida , coastal Georgia, and South Carolina.The length of the forewings is 13-14 mm...
H. Edwards, 1883