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Species Abagrotis nefascia - Hodges#11024

possible Abagrotis nefascia - Abagrotis nefascia

Abagrotis nefascia? - Abagrotis nefascia

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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)

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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