Amphipyra pyramidoides
| Copper Underwing | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Amphipyra |
| Species: | A. pyramidoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphipyra pyramidoides | |
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Amphipyra pyramidoides, the copper underwing,[3][4] is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in the US and southern Canada.[4]
The wingspan is 38–52 mm. Adults are on wing from July through October depending on the location. There is one generation per year.[4] They overwinter as eggs. The caterpillars are green with a white middorsal spiracular line, yellow spotting, and a hump at their eighth abdominal segment. Adult copper underwings have dappled brown forewings, and white hindwings with a black cross line and coppery orange suffusion.[5]
The larvae feed on the leaves of many broadleaf trees and shrubs, including apple, basswood, hawthorn, maple, oak, walnut, raspberry, grape, greenbrier (Smilax).[4] The larvae are active in the spring; when ready to pupate they build a shelter by rolling a leaf. Aggregations of newly eclosed adults are found under bark, etc., in mid-summer.[4]
Larva, early instar
Larva, later instar
Pupa
References
- ↑ Images of Amphipyra pyramidoides, Butterflies and Moths of North America
- ↑ "Amphipyra pyramidoides Guenée, 1852". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ↑ Amphipyra pyramidoides – Copper Underwing Moth – Guenée, 1852, North American Moth Photographers Group
- 1 2 3 4 5 Species Amphipyra pyramidoides - Copper Underwing - Hodges#9638, BugGuide
- ↑ Chapman, P.J.; Lienk, S.E. (October 1974). "Green Fruitworms". New York's Food and Life Sciences Bulletin. No. 50. p. 7. hdl:1813/5043.