Species Abagrotis reedi - Hodges#11040

11040

Abagrotis reedi Buckett, 1969

Phylogenetic sequence #933664.00

Named in honor of B.C. Reed, who collected the holotype specimen.

Wingspan about 28-36 mm. (1), (2)

Forewing length: ♂ 16 mm, ♀ 14 mm. (3)

Larva to about 30 mm. (4)

Buckett (1969) described the adult - commonly dark brown but sometimes light brown to almost black, males tending to be darker and females redder. Lines usually distinct but not always so. Dark reniform spot always present. Orbicular spot outlined in ochreous, filled with brown. Terminal line a series of black lanceolate dashes. Fringe ochreous tipped in dark brown. Deep smoky fuscous hindwing, fringe conspicuously tricolor, from ochreous to brown and tipped with white. (3)

Crumb (1956) described the larva - usually brown, sometimes gray or blackish. Head light brown with black lines. (4)

Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (5)

Ranges over much of western North America, from the coastal ranges of central California east into the Rockies, from British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Alberta south to Arizona, New Mexico and undoubtedly Mexico. (3)

Holotype male: Tecate Peak, San Diego County, California, 21 July 1963 (B.C. Reed).

Known larval hosts include willow (Salix, Salicaceae), cottonwood (Populus, Salicaceae), oceanspray (Holodiscus, Rosaceae) and boxelder (Acer negundo, Aceraceae). (4)

Abagrotis nefascia

Buckett, J.S., 1969. Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Part 5. California Department Of Agriculture: Occasional Papers 17: 1-27 (PDF) (3)

Moth Photographers Group - species page (2)

Moths of southeastern Arizona - pinned photo (1)