Alypia wittfeldii, or Wittfeld's forester, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] The species was first described by Henry Edwards in 1883. It is found in the United States in almost all of Florida (except the western panhandle of the state), coastal Georgia, and South Carolina.

Wittfeld's forester
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Alypia
Species:
A. wittfeldii
Binomial name
Alypia wittfeldii

The length of the forewings is 13–14 mm. Adults are on wing from January to April in southern Florida and mostly in April along the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia.

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  1. ^ Entomological Society of Washington; Washington, Entomological Society of (1896). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Vol. 4. Washington, etc: Entomological Society of Washington.
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