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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Noctuini » Agrotina » Anicla » Green Cutworm Moth - Hodges#10911 (Anicla infecta)

Species Anicla infecta - Green Cutworm Moth - Hodges#10911

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Green Cutworm Moth - Hodges #10911 - Anicla infecta

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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 Agrotina

Genus Anicla

Species infecta (Green Cutworm Moth - Hodges#10911)

Hodges Number

10911

Other Common Names

Green Cutworm (larva)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anicla infecta (Ochsenheimer, 1816)

Agrotis infecta Ochsenheimer, 1816

Anicla incaica Köhler, 1979

Phylogenetic sequence # 933212

Numbers

15 Anicla species occur in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

wingspan 30-35 mm

Identification

Forewing pale tan to medium gray and speckled with small dots; antemedial (AM) and postmedial (PM) lines thin, black, jagged (sometimes faint); reniform spot contains 3 black dots; broad dark terminal band tapers quickly to a point at the apex. Hindwing white except for a dark brown strip along leading edge.

Range

southeastern Canada (NS QC) through eastern United States and south to Brazil. (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (2), (9)

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.

Season

adults fly from June to September; year round in southern areas.

Food

larvae feed on beets, grasses, and tobacco

Life Cycle

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Print References

Lafontaine, J.D. 2004. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.1: p. 43; pl. A.9-12.(10)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

adult images (Larry Line, Maryland)

pinned adult image and other info (Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles)

pinned adult image (Matthew Barnes, Moths of the Grenadines)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

2.	Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)

3.	South Carolina Moth Species

4.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

5.	Moths of Stengl "Lost Pines" Biological Research Station (University of Texas, Austin)

6.	Arkansas Lepidoptera Survey

7.	Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin

8.	Moths of Dallas County, Texas

9.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

10.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (Part), Noctuinae (Part-Agrotini), Fascicle 27.1 J. Donald Lafontaine. 2004. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 May, 2005 - 6:50pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 29 December, 2022 - 8:49am

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