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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 nefascia - Hodges#11024 (Abagrotis nefascia)

Species Abagrotis nefascia - Hodges#11024

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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 nefascia (Abagrotis nefascia - Hodges#11024)
Hodges Number
11024
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Abagrotis nefascia (Smith, 1908)
syn. Abagrotis crumbi Franclemont, 1955
Phylogenetic sequence # 933663 (1)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 39 species of the genus Abagrotis in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Forewing length 14-16 mm. (2)
Range
California to Colorado, north to Alberta. (2)
Season
The main flight period appears to be June to October. (3)
Life Cycle
Host plants include. (2)
Amelanchier spp. (serviceberry).
Ribes aureum Pursh (golden currant).
Remarks
Lafontaine (1998) reported Abagrotis nefascia to be widely distributed in western North America, but there are relatively few records. (4)
See Also
Abagrotis benjamini is found in coastal eastern US and Canada.
Print References
Goldstein, P.Z. & M.W. Nelson, 2017. Two psammophilic noctuids newly associated with beach plum, Prunusmaritima (Rosaceae): The Dune Noctuid (Sympistis riparia) and Coastal Heathland Cutworm (Abagrotis benjamini) in Northeastern North America (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Zookeys, 661: 61–89.
Lafontaine, J.D., 1998. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 220; pl. 6, figs. 17-19. (4)
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (2)
Moth Photographers Group (3)
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (5)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Works Cited
1.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 .
2.Pacific Northwest Moths
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
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.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 October, 2013 - 10:26am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 9 February, 2018 - 3:18pm

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