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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 » Abagrotis » Abagrotis nanalis - Hodges#11038 (Abagrotis nanalis)

Species Abagrotis nanalis - Hodges#11038

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Abagrotis nanalis - Hodges #11038 - Abagrotis nanalis

Noctuidae: Abagrotis nanalis - Abagrotis nanalis

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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 nanalis (Abagrotis nanalis - Hodges#11038)

Hodges Number

11038

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Abagrotis nanalis (Grote(1), 1881)

Agrotis nanalis Grote, 1881

Phylogenetic sequence # 933666 (2)

Numbers

There are about 39 species of the genus Abagroti in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Forewing length 12-14 mm. (2)

Identification

Adults have very distinctive forewing pattern: streaked dark brown and buff; thorax with a prominent pale buff center, flanked by dark gray.

Larva are black with bold white middorsal and subdorsal lines, with black spiracles. The head is pale with black stripes and reddish blotches.

Grote (1881) original description as Agrotis nanalis is available online in the print references.

Range

Southern British Columbia to southwestern Manitoba and south to eastern central California to New Mexico. (3), (4), (5), (2)

Season

Adults fly late July to early September. (2)

Food

Larval host is Artemisia tridentata (big sagebrush).

Print References

Buckett, J.S. 1968. Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Part 1. California Department Of Agriculture: Occasional Papers 12. p. 15. (6)

Buckett, J.S. 1968. Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Part 4. California Department Of Agriculture: Occasional Papers 12. p. 25. (7)

Buckett, J.S. 1969. Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species. California Department Of Agriculture: Occasional Papers 17. p. 19.(8)

Grote(1), A.R. 1881. New Noctuidae, with list of the species of Perigrapha. The Canadian Entomologist. 13: 131.

Lafontaine, J.D. 1998. The Moths of North America, Fascicle 27.3. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 223; plate 6, figs. 29-30.(9)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, p. 317, Pl. 58.39. (2)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (10)

Moth Photographers Group (11)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (12)

University of Alberta - E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Moths of North Dakota

Lepbarcoding.org

Works Cited

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

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

4.	Moths of Rocky Mountain National Park (USGS)

5.	Survey of Utah Moth Species

6.	Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Part 1. John S. Buckett. 1968. California Department Of Agriculture: Occasional Papers 12: 1-21.

7.	Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Part 4. John S. Buckett. 1968. California Department Of Agriculture: Occasional Papers 16: 1-27.

8.	Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Part 5. John S. Buckett. 1969. California Department Of Agriculture: Occasional Papers 17: 1-27.

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

10.	Pacific Northwest Moths

11.	North American Moth Photographers Group

12.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 September, 2011 - 6:09pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Sexton
Last updated 10 February, 2021 - 10:56am

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