Alypia octomaculata

Eight-spotted forester
An adult moth of the Alypia octomaculata. Its entire body is black, except for its pale yellow shoulder-pad like pattern. It has two spots on each wing.
Adult Alypia octomaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Alypia
Species:
A. octomaculata
Binomial name
Alypia octomaculata
Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms
  • Sesia 8-maculata
  • Sesia octomaculata Fabricius, 1775
  • Phalaena albomaculata Stoll, 1782
  • Phalaena bimaculata Gmelin, 1790
  • Alypia octomaculalis Hübner, 1818
  • Alypia quadriguttalis Hübner, 1818
  • Alypia matuta H. Edwards, 1883
  • Alypia dipsaci Grote & Robinson, 1868

Alypia octomaculata, the eight-spotted forester, is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is native to Canada, but can be found today throughout Northern America, ranging between Nova Scotia to Florida and South Dakota to Texas.[1] Their habitats being rather specific, they make home where wooded areas meet open fields.

  1. ^ Heppner, J.B (2003). "Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas" (PDF). Lepidoptera of Florida. 17. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry, 2007.