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Syngrapha u-aureum, the golden looper moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from eastern Manitoba to Quebec, Labrador, southern Greenland, Newfoundland, northern Maine, northern New Hampshire and northern New York.

Syngrapha u-aureum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Syngrapha
Species:	S. u-aureum
Binomial name
Syngrapha u-aureum Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
Plusia u-aureum Guenée, 1852 Plusia interrogationis var. grönlandica Staudinger, 1857 Plusia interrogationis var. arctica Möschler, 1884 Autographa pallida Ottolengui, 1902 Syngrapha octoscripta pallida Plusia vaccinii H. Edwards, 1886 Syngrapha arctica Syngrapha groenlandica

There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium species.

Subspecies

There are two recognised subspecies:

• Syngrapha u-aureum u-aureum
• Syngrapha u-aureum vaccinii

External links

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