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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 » Noctuina » Agnorisma » Pale-banded Dart - Hodges#10955 (Agnorisma badinodis)

Species Agnorisma badinodis - Pale-banded Dart - Hodges#10955

10955 Pale-banded Dart - Agnorisma badinodis - male

This caterpillar likes to play dead. - Agnorisma badinodis

Halloween noctuoid - ID, please. - Agnorisma badinodis - male

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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 Agnorisma

Species badinodis (Pale-banded Dart - Hodges#10955)

Hodges Number

10955

Other Common Names

Larva known as the spotted-sided cutworm.

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Agnorisma badinodis (Grote(1), 1874)

Xestia badinodis (Grote, 1874)

Agrotis badinodis Grote, 1874

Phylogenetic Sequence # 933626 (2)

Identification

Specimen identified by DNA analysis:

Genitalia:

♂

Range

Eastern United States and southeastern Canada. (3)

Season

The main flight period appears to be August through November. (3)

Life Cycle

Eggs; Larva; Adult Male:

Print References

Grote, A.R., 1874. The Canadian Entomologist 6: 13.

Lafontaine, J.D., 1998. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3: p. 175; pl. 4, figs. 57-58. (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Larry Line's Moths of Maryland

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)

2.	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 .

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuiodea, Noctuinae, Noctuini (Part), Fascicle 27.3 J. Donald LaFontaine. 1998. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 27 January, 2005 - 1:19am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 12 January, 2024 - 8:34am

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