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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 placida - Hodges#11041 (Abagrotis placida)

Species Abagrotis placida - Hodges#11041

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

Abagrotis placida - Hodges #11041 - Abagrotis placida

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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 placida (Abagrotis placida - Hodges#11041)

Hodges Number

11041

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Abagrotis placida (Grote(1), 1876)

Agrotis placida Grote, 1876

Agrotis minimalis Grote, 1879

Phylogenetic sequence # 933672

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 39 species of the genus Abagrotis in America north of Mexico.(2)

Size

Forewing length 14-16 mm.(3)

Identification

Forewing is variable light or dark reddish-brown to gray-brown with a olive tint.(3),(4)

Pacific Northwest Moths - description.(4)

Range

California and Arizona to Yukon and across northern areas to New England states.

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some collection locations and dates.

Habitat

Found in forested areas at higher elevation. (4)

Season

The main flight period appears to be June through September. (5)

Food

Larval host is unkown but expected to be foliage of hardwoods.(4)

See Also

Compare 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. California Department Of Agriculture: Occasional Papers 12. p. 16. (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 16. p. 9. (7)

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. (8)

Grote, A.R. 1824. Descriptions of new Noctuae (sp) with remarks on the variations of larval forms in the group. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. p. 304..

Grote, A.R. 1879. New western Noctuidae. The North American Entomologist. p. 45.

Lafontaine, J.D., 1998. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 227; plate 6, figs. 45-49.(3)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (4)

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (9)

Works Cited

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

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

4.	Pacific Northwest Moths

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

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.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 2 February, 2013 - 4:01pm
Last updated 9 December, 2013 - 9:27am

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