Syngrapha octoscripta

Syngrapha octoscripta, the figure-eight looper moth or dusky silver Y, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It is found in North America from coast to coast in most of Canada south in the east to northern Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the Great Lakes states.

Syngrapha octoscripta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Syngrapha
Species:	S. octoscripta
Binomial name
Syngrapha octoscripta (Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
Plusia octoscripta Grote, 1874 Autographa magnifica Ottolengui, 1919

The wingspan is 34–36 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium species.

External links

• Anweiler, G. G. & Robinson, E. "Species Details Syngrapha octoscripta". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
• Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.