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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 » Agnorisma bollii - Hodges#10956 (Agnorisma bollii)

Species Agnorisma bollii - Hodges#10956

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Agnorisma bollii - Hodges #10956 - Agnorisma bollii - male

Agnorisma bollii Larva - Agnorisma bollii

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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 bollii (Agnorisma bollii - Hodges#10956)

Hodges Number

10956

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Xestia bollii

described in 1880 by Grote, who originally placed it in genus Agrotis

Numbers

one of 3 species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps

apparently rare throughout its range

Size

wingspan about 32 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG

Identification

Adult: forewing, head, and top of thorax brown with scattered white scales, giving an overall grayish cast; collar dark gray to blackish; rectangular dark gray to blackish shading between reniform and orbicular spots, and between orbicular spot and AM line; AM and PM lines pale, smooth, almost straight; hindwing grayish-brown, paler toward base

Specimen identified by DNA analysis:

Range

eastern United States: Maryland to Georgia, west to Oklahoma and Kansas, north to Ohio (1)(2)(3)

Season

adults fly from August to October; most numerous in October

Food

unknown

Life Cycle

Larva; Adult Female:

See Also

other species of Agnorisma lack white speckling on forewing, head, and top of thorax (compare images of all 3 species [labeled as Xestia] by Jim Vargo at MPG)

Internet References

Wikipedia

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Wikipedia

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 19 October, 2007 - 9:20pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi, Steve Morris
Last updated 12 January, 2024 - 9:38am

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