Alypia | |
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Eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Subfamily: | Agaristinae |
Genus: | Alypia Hubner, 1818 |
Synonyms | |
Leucosemia Ménétriés, 1857 |
Alypia is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae.
The genus is native to North America. Moths of this genus are generally dark to black in color with yellowish or white spots. These moths feed on plants in the grape family.[1]