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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae)

Subfamily Noctuinae - Cutworm or Dart Moths

Classification · Other Common Names · Numbers · Internet References
Caterpillar - Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing - Noctua pronuba Caterpillar ID - Noctua pronuba Caterpillar Lrg Yell*ow Und*erw*ing (I think) - Noctua pronuba Green Caterpillar - Noctua pronuba Pearly Underwing or Variegated Cutworm Moth Larva - Peridroma saucia Green caterpillar from garden soil - cutworm? - Noctua pronuba
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Other Common Names
Larvae generally called cutworms; the adults of many species in several genera have "Dart" in their common name.
Numbers
about 400 species in 45 genera (2 tribes) in Canada (CBIF); more in the US
Internet References
first page of adult image thumbnails - 31 genera, eastern Canada (CBIF)
first page of adult image thumbnails - 41 genera, western Canada (CBIF)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 6 January, 2005 - 6:25pm
Last updated 21 March, 2005 - 10:54am

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