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Ipsilon Dart ("Black Cutworm") - Agrotis ipsilon
Ackworth, Warren County, Iowa, USA
October 17, 2009
Size: ~3 cm
Lone individual crawling across concrete driveway between garage and lawn of rural home. Lateral view with head facing left.

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Contributed by John Pearson on 17 October, 2009 - 1:36pm
Last updated 7 November, 2009 - 7:34pm

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Ipsilon Dart or Tesselate Dart.
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… Roar, 7 November, 2009 - 6:55am login or register to post comments

 
Ipsilon Dart
Thanks for the leads!

After studying those two species today (both in the tribe Agrotini), it appears to me that my specimen is an Ipsilon Dart (Agrotis ipsilon, "Black Cutworm"), closely matching the description provided by University of Nebraska-Lincoln Entomology, notably the unequally sized, paired black tubercules and two-striped head.

The Tessellate Dart (Euxoa tessellata, "Striped Cutworm") lacks these features:
… John Pearson, 7 November, 2009 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

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