claybacked cutworm

Agrotis gladiaria

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae

Agrotis gladiaria, the swordsman dart or claybacked cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in south-eastern Canada from Nova Scotia to Ontario and in the United States from Maine to the panhandle of Florida, west to eastern Texas, eastern Kansas, eastern Nebraska, southern Wisconsin and Michigan. The length of the forewings is 13–16 mm.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Andrew Conboy, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionAgrotis gladiaria, Wikipedia contributors

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