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Species Abagrotis glenni - Hodges#11022

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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 glenni (Abagrotis glenni - Hodges#11022)
Hodges Number
11022
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Abagrotis glenni Buckett, 1968 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 933659
Size
Forewing length 13-17 mm. (2), (1)
Identification
The original description of Abagrotis glenni Buckett, is available online in PDF. (1)
Range
British Columbia, Montana, and Wyoming, south to southern California, northern Arizona and central New Mexico. (3), (4), (5), (6)
Season
Adults are most often reported from June to October. (5), (2), (6)
Food
Larval hosts include various juniper and cypress species. (6)
Cupressus sargentii (Sargent's cypress) in California.
Juniperus scopulorum (Rocky Mountain juniper)
Juniperus occidentalis (western juniper) (2)
Print References
Buckett, J.S. 1968. Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species. Part 3. Occasional Papers (Bureau of Entomology) 15: p. 14, figs. 6, 51, 85, 126, 174, 175. (1)
Buckett, J.S. 1969. Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species. (7)
Lafontaine, J.D. 1998. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3. p. 219; pl. 6.8-11. (8)
Powell & Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, p. 317, pl. 58.38, pl. 64.35. (6)