Species Abagrotis cupida - Cupid Dart - Hodges#11043

Classification · Hodges Number · Food · Internet References

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Noctuini

Subtribe Noctuina

Genus Abagrotis

Species cupida (Cupid Dart - Hodges#11043)

Hodges Number

11043

Food

Willow, apple, grape, peach trees (University of Alberta); Generalists feeding on many hardwoods including Salicaceae, Rosaceae, Vitaceae (Pacific Northwest Moths)

Internet References

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Moth Photographers Group

Pacific Northwest Moths

Entomology Collection - University of Alberta

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 20 September, 2007 - 6:46pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor
Last updated 2 October, 2017 - 9:40pm

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