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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 » Agrotina » Agrotis » Swordsman Dart - Hodges#10648 (Agrotis gladiaria)

Species Agrotis gladiaria - Swordsman Dart - Hodges#10648

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References
Swordsman Dart moth - Agrotis gladiaria Gray dart moth (3) - Agrotis gladiaria noctuid - Agrotis gladiaria Spodoptera sp? - Agrotis gladiaria Brown Patterned Moth? - Agrotis gladiaria Agrotis gladiaria - male unknown moth - Agrotis gladiaria - male Agrotis gladiaria - female
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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 Agrotina
Genus Agrotis
Species gladiaria (Swordsman Dart - Hodges#10648)
Hodges Number
10648
Other Common Names
Clay-backed Cutworm Moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Agrotis gladiaria Morrison, 1875
Agrotis morrisoniana Morrison, 1875
Agrotis morrisoniana Riley, 1875
Phylogenetic Sequence # 933515
Size
Length of FW 13 - 16mm
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA analysis:

Genitalia:
Range
Eastern half or two-thirds of US and adjacent parts of eastern Canada, except New Brunswick; absent west of Ontario (CBIF)
Season
Fly September to October, depending on the location.
Food
According to Covell the larvae "the Clay-backed Cutworm eats many wild and cultivated plants, such as beans, berries, corn, and tobacco."
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
live adult image (Larry Line)
pinned adult image (dallasbutterflies.com)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 16 January, 2005 - 4:17pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, Robert H. Biagi, Steve Morris
Last updated 29 November, 2023 - 1:35pm

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