Greater Red Dart Moth

Abagrotis alternata

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae

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.

Distribution

Greater Red Dart Moth — (c) Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 496Canada · 35

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionAbagrotis alternata, Wikipedia contributors

Greater Red Dart Moth

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