Salt-and-Pepper Looper Moth
Syngrapha rectangula (Kirby, 1837)
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Plusiinae
Identification: forewing dark gray to black with extensive white or silvery areas; subterminal line black, jagged; stigma large, irregular, white or silvery, often connecting to pale basal patch; fringe checkered black and white; hindwing dirty pale brown with broad blackish terminal band and pale fringe
Wing Span: 3.0-3.5 cm.
Life History:
Flight: June to August
Caterpillar Hosts:
Adult Food:
Habitat: Wet boreal and montane coniferous forests; adults are often active during the day but are also nocturnal and come to light
Range: across southern Canada from Newfoundland to British Columbia, plus adjacent northern states, south in the west to California, south in the east (mountains only) to North Carolina and Tennessee (Great Smoky Mountains National Park)
Conservation:
NCGR:
Management Needs:
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 49 - 57 of 57 verified sightings
Observation date: Aug 02, 2013
Submitted by: Aboover
Region: Knox County, Maine, United States
Verified by: anthony.thomas
Verified date: Aug 04, 2013
Observation date: Jul 19, 2013
Submitted by: pierre martin
Region: Quebec, Canada
Verified by: Jim Edsall
Verified date: Jul 30, 2013
Observation date: Jul 27, 2012
Submitted by: Ezra Schwartzberg (Dale Schweizer)
Region: Essex County, New York, United States
Verified by: Ezra Schwartzberg (Dale Schweizer)
Verified date: May 29, 2013
Observation date: Jul 20, 2012
Submitted by: Paul Tavares
Region: Manitoba, Canada
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Aug 22, 2012
Observation date: Aug 18, 2012
Submitted by: John Barry
Region: Mason County, Washington, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Aug 20, 2012
Observation date: Jul 08, 2012
Submitted by: Monica Miller
Region: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 09, 2012
Observation date: Jul 07, 2012
Submitted by: curtis.lehman (Steven Johnson)
Region: Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: Jul 09, 2012
Observation date: Jul 24, 2011
Submitted by: joanne.russo
Region: Windham County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: anthony.thomas
Verified date: Jun 13, 2012
Observation date: Jul 16, 2011
Submitted by: dhsmall
Region: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 16, 2011
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