Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides

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Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides, also known as the pink-patched looper moth or pink-tinted beauty, is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852 and has also been named Plusia thyatyroides.

This species lives in North America, with a range that includes parts of Canada (Nova Scotia, northern Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia) and the United States (from Minnesota, Michigan, and Ohio to the Appalachian region from Maine to western North Carolina; west to the Cascades in southern Oregon and the Rocky Mountains to northern Idaho).

The wingspan is 31–38 mm. Adults are on the wing mainly in midsummer: July–August in Alberta, and June–early August plus mid-October in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The larvae feed on Thalictrum dioicum and Thalictrum polygamum.