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Species Actebia fennica - Black Army Cutworm - Hodges#10924

Actebia fennica - male Actebia fennica - Hodges #10924 - Actebia fennica  Actebia fennica  - Actebia fennica Noctuidae: Actebia fennica - Actebia fennica - female Noctuidae: Actebia fennica - Actebia fennica - female Lepidoperan larvae - Geraldton - Actebia fennica Maybe Nocturnid moth on Platanthera orchid - Actebia fennica - male Noctuidae: Actebia fennica - Actebia fennica
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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 Actebia
Species fennica (Black Army Cutworm - Hodges#10924)
Hodges Number
10924
Other Common Names
Finland Dart
Identification
A medium-size (3.9-4.2 cm wingspan) dark brown moth with relatively narrow forewings with doubled black basal, antemedian and postmedian lines. The subterminal line is a marked by a row of lighter scales. The orbicular and reniform spots are prominent, the former oval and filled with light brown scales and the later kidney-shaped and partly filled with rusty-orange. The claviform is elongate and filled with black, and there are two short black streaks inside the upper subterminal line. Males differ from females in having a broad pale rusty-orange border to the posterior edge of the forewings. The hindwings are dirty white, shading to darker brown toward the margin. The narrow forewings with rusty-orange reniform and, in males, the paler lower margin, will usually identify this moth. The larvae are described in Lafontaine, 2004. This description from E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Range
Holarctic; from Newfoundland to western Europe, mainly in the boreal region, south to New England, southern Montana and northern Oregon. It occurs throughout most of the wooded areas of Alberta, including the wooded valleys in the grasslands region (E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum)
Habitat
Open edges; urban gardens woods and woodland and parks
Season
Adults have been collected in Alberta from early mid July through mid September