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Species Abagrotis cupida - Cupid Dart - Hodges#11043

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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 Abagrotis
Species cupida (Cupid Dart - Hodges#11043)

Hodges Number

11043

Food

Willow, apple, grape, peach trees (University of Alberta); Generalists feeding on many hardwoods including Salicaceae, Rosaceae, Vitaceae (Pacific Northwest Moths)