Syngrapha ignea, the mountain beauty, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864. It is found from northern Alaska south to southern California and New Mexico, with a disjunct population in Labrador. It is also found sparingly across the boreal forest and the subarctic.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Syngrapha |
| Species: | S. ignea
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| Binomial name | |
| Syngrapha ignea (Grote, 1864)
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The wingspan is 29–32 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August depending on the location. There is one generation per year.
Subspecies
edit- Syngrapha ignea ignea
- Syngrapha ignea simulans (Labrador, northern Quebec)
External links
edit- Anweiler, G. G. & Robinson, E. "Species Details Syngrapha ignea". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
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