Moth Photographers Group – Alypia octomaculata

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Noctuidae

931979 – 9314 Alypia octomaculata (Fabricius, 1775)

Eight-spotted Forester Moth

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Synonymy:

octomaculalis Hübner, 1818 (Alypia)

octomaculata (Fabricius, 1775) (Sesia) - MONA 1983: 9314

ssp. a. octomaculata (Fabricius, 1775) (Sesia) - MONA 1983: 9314

albomaculata (Stoll, in: Cramer, [1782]) (Phalaena) (synonym of ssp. octomaculata)

bimaculata (Gmelin, 1790) (Phalaena)

dipsaci Grote & Robinson, 1868 (Alypia) (synonym of ssp. octomaculata)

quadriguttalis Hübner, 1818 (Alypia) (synonym of ssp. octomaculata)

ssp. b. matuta Edwards, 1883 (Alypia)

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 51.5f; p. 284. Book Review and ordering
Species Page at Block Island Moths
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at Mass Moths
Species Page at The Noctuidae of North America by Robert W. Poole (Nearctica.com) - archived page access (go to a year prior to 2020 and select a blue circled date from the calendar).
Species page at Moths of North Dakota.