Syngrapha microgamma

Syngrapha microgamma, the little bride looper moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is found in much of Canada south in the east to southern Maine, northern New York, and the Great Lakes states. In Europe, it is found from Fennoscandia and central Europe east to mountains eastern Asia.

Syngrapha microgamma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Syngrapha
Species:	S. microgamma
Binomial name
Syngrapha microgamma (Hübner, [1823])
Synonyms
Noctua microgamma Hübner, 1823

The wingspan is 26–30 mm (1.0–1.2 in). Adults are on wing from May to July depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Ledum groenlandicum, Betula nana, Salix repens, Vaccinium uliginosum and Ledum palustre.

Subspecies

• Syngrapha microgamma microgamma (Fennoscandia, Baltia, Poland, north European Russia, central Asia (mountains), Kamchatka)
• Syngrapha microgamma nearctica (Labrador, Quebec to Yukon, Michigan, Wisconsin, Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado)

External links

• Species info^{[permanent dead link]}
• Anweiler, G. G. "Species Details Syngrapha microgamma". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
• Species info