Species Agrotis vancouverensis - Hodges#10652

10652

Agrotis vancouverensis Grote, 1873

Forewing length 13 - 17 mm. (1)

Larvae - gray with diffuse dark oval or diamond-shaped patch on the dorsum of each segment. There is a dark gray subdorsal line with dark gray shading speckled with white along the sides. The spiracles and cervivcal shield are black. The head is closely infuscated with black, including both submedial arcs and a close reticulation pattern (1)

Yukon Territory south to southern California, eastern Arizona (White Moutains) and northern New Mexico (1)

Boreal forests up to 12000 ft. (1)

Normally flies in May and June but later in July and August in the Seirra Nevada and Rocky Mountains. (1)

Low herbaceous plants such as Trifolium and Fragaria and grass Poaceae. (1)

Often found with and confused for A. obliqua. A. vancouverensis has paler brown FW, paler HW, and solid black claviform spot and basal dash. (1)

Lafontaine, J. D., 2004. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.1: p. 240; pl. K.35-40.(2)

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Pacific Northwest Moths