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Species Abagrotis baueri - Hodges#11028

Abagrotis baueri Abagrotis baueri
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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 baueri (Abagrotis baueri - Hodges#11028 )
Hodges Number
11028
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Abagrotis baueri McDunnough, 1949 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 933677
Numbers
There are 39 named Abagrotis species in America north Of Mexico.(2)
Size
Forewing length 15-16 mm. (3), (4), (1)
Identification
The original description of Abagrotis baueri McDunnough, is available online in PDF. (1)
Determined by Lars Crabo.
Range
British Columbia to southern California. (5), (6)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults are most common from May to November. (6)
Food
Larval host is thought to be oak.
See Also

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Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Buckett, J.S. 1968. Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Part 1. (7)
Buckett, J.S. 1968. Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Part 5. p. 23, fig. 9. (8)
Lafontaine, J.D., 1998. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3. p. 230; pl. 7.2-3. (4)
McDunnough, J.H. 1949. Notes on Phalaeninae (Lepidoptera). American. Museum Novitates. 1394: 12. (1)
Works Cited
1.Notes on Phalaeninae (Lepidoptera)
James H. McDunnough. 1949. American Museum Novitates. 1394: 12.
2.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
3.Pacific Northwest Moths
4.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuiodea, Noctuinae, Noctuini (Part), Fascicle 27.3
J. Donald LaFontaine. 1998. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
5.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.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.
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.