Syngrapha abstrusa/alias/cryptica – Abstruse Looper

Hodges # 8940

Caterpillar foods:  spruce, jack pine  (U of Alberta Entomology Collection)

According to Les Ferge these moths belong to a group of species that are so similar that it’s difficult to tell the difference without dissecting them.  They are Syngrapha abstrusa, S. alias, and S. cryptica.

6/7/2015

Syngrapha abstrusa 6-7-15 1

 

6/7/2015

Syngrapha abstrusa 6-7-15 2

 

6/7/2015

Syngrapha abstrusa 6-7-15 3

 

6/17/2015

syngrapha-abstrusa-alias-cryptica-6-17-15-2

 

6/17/2015

syngrapha-abstrusa-alias-cryptica-6-17-15-1

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