Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides

Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides, the pink-patched looper moth or pink-tinted beauty, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. In North America it is found from Nova Scotia and northern Ontario south to Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio and along the Appalachians from Maine to eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina; and to the west, it occurs from central Alberta and southern British Columbia, south in the Cascades to southern Oregon, and in the Rocky Mountains to northern Idaho.

Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Eosphoropteryx
Species:	E. thyatyroides
Binomial name
Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides (Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
Plusia thyatyroides Guenée, 1852

The wingspan is 31–38 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August in Alberta and from June to early August and mid-October in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The larvae feed on Thalictrum dioicum and Thalictrum polygamum.

References

• Entz, Chuck (July 30, 2017). "Species Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides - Pink-patched Looper Moth - Hodges#8905". BugGuide. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
• "931187.00 – 8905 – Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides – Pink-patched Looper Moth – (Guenée, 1852)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
• Robinson, E. & Anweiler, G. G. "Species Details Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
• Pogue, Michael G. (2005). "The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1032: 1–28.