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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 vittifrons - Hodges#11016 (Abagrotis vittifrons)

Species Abagrotis vittifrons - Hodges#11016

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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 vittifrons (Abagrotis vittifrons - Hodges#11016)
Hodges Number
11016
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Abagrotis vittifrons (Grote, 1864) (1)
Noctua vittifrons Grote, 1864
Phylogenetic sequence # 933655
Size
Forewing length 13-15 mm.(2)
Range
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.
Season
Adults fly from April to early November.(2)
Food
Larval host and life history is unknow.(2)
Print References
Buckett, J.S. 1968. Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Part 1. (3)
Buckett, J.S. 1968. Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Part 2. (1)
Buckett, J.S. 1969. Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species. (4)
Grote, A.R. 1864. Descriptions of new North American Lepidoptera no. 5. Proceedings Entomological Society of Philadelphia. 3 : 527 , pl. 5, f. 6.
Lafontaine, J. D., 1998. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3: p. 216; pl. 6.1-2.(5)
Powell, J. A., and P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 58.36, p. 317.(2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
University of Alberta E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems
Works Cited
1.Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Part 2.
John S. Buckett. 1968. California Department Of Agriculture: Occasional Papers 14: 1-16.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.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.
4.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.
5.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuiodea, Noctuinae, Noctuini (Part), Fascicle 27.3
J. Donald LaFontaine. 1998. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 November, 2012 - 6:22pm
Last updated 18 May, 2013 - 4:14pm

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