Habrosyne scripta

Habrosyne scripta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Habrosyne
Species: H. scripta
Binomial name
Habrosyne scripta
(Gosse, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Thyatira scripta Gosse, 1840
  • Thyatira abrasa Guenée, 1852
  • Habrosyne scripta chatfieldii Grote, 1895
  • Habrosyne scripta abrasoides Barnes & Benjamin, 1929

The Lettered Habrosyne or Scribe (Habrosyne scripta) is a moth of the Drepanidae family.[1] It is found in southern Canada and the northern United States, from Labrador to Vancouver Island, south in the Appalachians, Ozarks and Rocky Mountains to North Carolina and Mississippi and south in the west to Arizona.

The wingspan is 30–39 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Rubus species (including Black Raspberry and Purple-flowering Raspberry).

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