The Mulberry Wing
There was a large brood of Common Looper Moths out recently. My records show that the Soybean Looper Moth should be flying in good numbers soon. These two species, which are the most abundant of the Plusiinae, are often confused. I spent some time recently trying to sort out the ones that aren’t clearly one or the other. So it was refreshing to come across something in this group that was obviously different. This one is a Sharp-Stigma Looper Moth (Agrapha oxygramma) Moth from Muttontown Preserve September 4.

Moth of the Week © 2003 Steve Walter