Abagrotis mexicana explained

Abagrotis mexicana is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in Central America and North America.

The MONA or Hodges number for Abagrotis mexicana is 11029.1.

Further reading

• Two psammophilic noctuids newly associated with beach plum, Prunus maritima (Rosaceae): The Dune Noctuid (Sympistis riparia) and Coastal Heathland Cutworm (Abagrotis benjamini) in Northeastern North America (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). 2017. Goldstein . P. Z.. Nelson . M. W.. ZooKeys. 661. 61–89. 10.3897/zookeys.661.10867. 5539367. 28769603. 2017ZooK..661...61G. free.
• Revision of the Nearctic Moth Genus Abagrotis Smith with Descriptions of New Species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Part 3. 1968. Buckett . John S.. Occasional Papers of the Sacramento California Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology.
• Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. 2010. Lafontaine . J. Donald. Schmidt . B. Christian. ZooKeys. 40. 127–47. 10.3897/zookeys.40.414. 2010ZooK...40....1L. free.
• Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, III. 2015. Lafontaine . J. Donald. Schmidt . B. Christian. ZooKeys. 527. 227–236. 10.3897/zookeys.527.6151. 4668890. 26692790. 2015ZooK..527..127L. free.
• Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. 2016. Pohl . Greg. Patterson . Bob. Pelham . Jonathan. 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. free.