{{short description|Species of moth}} {{Speciesbox | name = | image = Syngrapha octoscripta.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Syngrapha octoscripta | authority = (Grote, 1874) | synonyms = *''Plusia octoscripta'' <small>Grote, 1874</small> *''Autographa magnifica'' <small>Ottolengui, 1919</small> }}
'''''Syngrapha octoscripta''''', the '''figure-eight looper moth''' or '''dusky silver Y''', is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874. It is found in North America from coast to coast in most of Canada south in the east to northern Pennsylvania, Ohio, and the Great Lakes states.
The wingspan is 34–36 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August depending on the location. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on ''Vaccinium'' species.
==External links== *{{cite web |author1=Anweiler, G. G. |author2=Robinson, E. |name-list-style=amp |url=https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-1141 |title=Species Details ''Syngrapha octoscripta'' |website=University of Alberta Museums |publisher=E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum |access-date=November 13, 2020}} *{{cite book |first1=David L. |last1=Wagner |first2=Dale F. |last2=Schweitzer |first3=J. Bolling |last3=Sullivan |first4=Richard C. |last4=Reardon |name-list-style=amp |date=2011 |title=Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0691150420}}
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Category:Plusiinae Category:Moths of North America Category:Moths described in 1874 Category:Taxa named by Augustus Radcliffe Grote
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