Habrosyne scripta

Habrosyne scripta, the lettered habrosyne or scribe, is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It was first described by Philip Henry Gosse in 1840. 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.

Habrosyne scripta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 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).

External links

• "850003.00 – 6235 – Habrosyne scripta – Lettered Habrosyne Moth – (Gosse, 1840)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 31, 2018.
• Anweiler, G. G. (December 3, 2003). "Species Details Habrosyne scripta". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
• "Habrosyne scripta (Gosse 1840)". Moths of North Dakota. Retrieved August 31, 2018.