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Rusty Looper

Autographa rubidus

Field notes

Autographa rubida is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Rodrigues Ottolengui in 1902. It is found from Newfoundland west across southern Canada to south-eastern British Columbia, south to Maine, and Minnesota.

The wingspan is about 35 mm. Adults are on wing in June depending on the location. There is a single generation per year.

The larval food plants are unknown, but larvae have been reared on Taraxacum officinale.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided