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Amphipyra glabella, the grey amphipyra[1] or smooth amphipyra,[2] is a moth in the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Herbert Knowles Morrison in 1874. It is found in North America from New York and Quebec west to southern British Columbia, south to Georgia and Colorado.

Amphipyra glabella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Amphipyra
Species:	A. glabella
Binomial name
Amphipyra glabella Morrison, 1874

The wingspan is 33–40 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Populus balsamifera and Pseudotsuga menziesii in the western parts of its range.

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