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Subfamily Noctuinae - Cutworm or Dart Moths

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Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Part 4.

By John S. Buckett
California Department Of Agriculture: Occasional Papers 16: 1-27, 1968

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: 1-27 (PDF)

Abagrotis alternata
A. turbulenta
A. crumbi crumbi
A. crumbi benjamini
A. variata
A. scopeops
A. tecatensis
A. discoidalis
A. pulchrata
A. apposita
A. nanalis

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Contributed by Randy Hardy on 18 May, 2013 - 3:31pm

Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Part 2.

By John S. Buckett
California Department Of Agriculture: Occasional Papers 14: 1-16, 1968

Buckett, J.S. 1968. Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Part 2. California Department Of Agriculture: Occasional Papers 14: 1-16 (PDF)

Abagrotis erratica erratica
A. erratica ornata
A. kirkwoodi
A. alcandola
A. vittifrons
A. totonaca
A. bimmginalis

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Contributed by Randy Hardy on 18 May, 2013 - 3:26pm

Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Part 1.

By John S. Buckett
California Department Of Agriculture: Occasional Papers 12: 1-21, 1968

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: 1-21 (PDF)

Genus overview and key.

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Contributed by Randy Hardy on 18 May, 2013 - 3:22pm

Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis Smith with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Part 5.

By John S. Buckett
California Department Of Agriculture: Occasional Papers 17: 1-27, 1969

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)

Abagrotis duanca
A. reedi
A. placida
A. dodi

This paper also includes 238 figures, range maps, genatalia drawings, and B&W photos of adults for all parts of this revision.

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Contributed by Randy Hardy on 18 May, 2013 - 11:37am

Revision of the Nearctic moth genus Abagrotis (Smith) with descriptions of new species. Part 3.

By John S. Buckett
California Department Of Agriculture: Occasional Papers 15: 1-29, 1968

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 18 April, 2013 - 12:44am

A synopsis of the aequalis group of the genus Euxoa Hbn. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with a description of a new ...

By J. D. Lafontaine
The Canadian Entomologist, 108(7): 741-750, 1976

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A synopsis of the aequalis group of the genus Euxoa Hbn. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with a description of a new species from southwestern United States.

Abstract and access

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 December, 2013 - 11:56pm

Two new species of the Euxoa westermanni species-group from Canada (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae)

By J. Donald Lafontaine, James T. Troubridge
ZooKeys, 39: 255–262, 2010

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 December, 2013 - 8:20pm

The little known moth Euxoa sculptilis (Harvey) in Arizona, with description, illustrations, and notes on ...

By J. S. Buckett
Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 5(4): 255-261, 1966

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The little known moth Euxoa sculptilis (Harvey) in Arizona, with description, illustrations, and notes on Euxoa violaris (Grote & Robinson (Noctuidae-Agrotiinae).

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Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 14 October, 2013 - 1:11am

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