Abagrotis alternata explained

Abagrotis alternata, the greater red dart or mottled gray cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865. It is found in eastern North America, from New Brunswick west across southern Canada to western Alberta, south to Arizona, New Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico.

The wingspan is 38–43 mm. Adults are on wing in August in Alberta. There is one generation per year.^[1]

References

• Book: David L. . Wagner . Dale F. . Schweitzer . J. Bolling . Sullivan . Richard C. . Reardon . amp . 2011 . Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America . Princeton University Press . 978-0691150420.

External links

• Web site: Anweiler, G. G. . November 13, 2003 . Species Details Abagrotis alternata . University of Alberta Museums . E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum . November 9, 2020.
• "Abagrotis alternata (Grote 1864)". Moths of North Dakota. Archived November 22, 2008.

Notes and References

1. Rings. Roy W. . Contributions to the Bionomics of Climbing Cutworms; the Life History of the Mottled Gray Cutworm, Abagrotis alternata . Journal of Economic Entomology . 1971. 64. 1. 34–38. 0022-0493 . 10.1093/jee/64.1.34.