← Back to Directory
πŸ¦‹ Butterflies & Moths

Greenland Noctuid Moth

Sympistis zetterstedtii

About

A small, cryptically patterned moth with mottled gray and brown forewings. It is one of the few noctuid moths that has adapted to life in the High Arctic. Adults fly during the continuous daylight of the polar summer.

πŸ’‘

Did You Know?

Unlike most noctuids, which are nocturnal, this moth flies during the Arctic day because there is no true night during the polar summer.