Plusia putnami

Plusia putnami
Plusia putnami
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Plusia
Species: P. putnami
Binomial name
Plusia putnami
Grote, 1873
Synonyms
  • Phytometra barbara Warren, 1913
  • Plusia festata Graeser, (1890)
  • Chrysaspidia major Chou & Lu, 1979
  • Chrysaspidia conjuncta Chou & Lu, 1978
  • Autographa gracilis Lempke, 1966

Lempke's Gold Spot or Putnam's Looper Moth (Plusia putnami) is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone, from Japan and eastern Siberia to Fennoscandia, Great Britain and France. In North America, it ranges from Newfoundland and Labrador to central Alaska and the interior of British Columbia, south to Pennsylvania, Washington, north-eastern California, and in the Rocky Mountains to Utah and Colorado.

The wingspan is 32-42 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August in western Europe and from May to October in the northern parts of North America.

Food plants of the larvae include Calamogrostis.

Subspecies

  • Plusia putnami putnami (Newfoundland, Labrador to Pennsylvania, southern Canada to Alaska, Washington to northern California, Rocky Mountains)
  • Plusia putnami barbara (Morocco)
  • Plusia putnami festata (Far East, Altai mountains, Japan)
  • Plusia putnami gracilis (Europe, western Siberia)

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