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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 » Agrotina » Agrotis » Pale Western Cutworm - Hodges#10645 (Agrotis orthogonia)
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Maybe Hadenini? - Agrotis orthogonia
Copyright © 2020 Colin Croft

Maybe Hadenini? - Agrotis orthogonia
Wildcat Hills approximately 8 miles south of Gering, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, USA
September 18, 2020
Attracted with MV + UV light setup
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Contributed by Colin Croft on 7 October, 2020 - 11:14pm
Last updated 27 November, 2023 - 1:40pm

Moved
Moved from Noctuini.
… Steve Morris, 27 November, 2023 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Agrotina.
… Aaron Hunt, 13 January, 2022 - 4:04am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Owlet Moths.
… Aaron Hunt, 13 January, 2022 - 4:04am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… Aaron Hunt, 5 December, 2020 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

Acronicta
Acronicta maybe but the fringe doesn't seem right.(see A. marmorata but that's not it) The fringe looks more like Sympistis augustus. Good luck! I am dying to know the proper ID.
… Jack Senzig, 8 October, 2020 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

 
I also posted a picture on iN
I also posted a picture on iNaturalist, and an entomologist at Colorado State who has been very helpful in IDs has ID'd it there as 'Pale Western Cutworm Moth' Agrotis orthogonia (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62007386#activity_identification_135251569)
… Colin Croft, 8 October, 2020 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow I hope you are right. It
Wow I hope you are right. It certainly looks 98% closer than my shots in the dark. I appreciate the opportunity to try and find such a difficult one. That would be a first for BG in Nebraska.
… Jack Senzig, 9 October, 2020 - 6:54am login or register to post comments

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