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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Abagrotis |
| Species: | A. alternata
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| Abagrotis alternata Grote, 1865
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The wingspan is 38–43 mm. Adults are on wing in August in Alberta. There is one generation per year.[1]
References
edit- ^ Rings, Roy W. (1971). "Contributions to the Bionomics of Climbing Cutworms; the Life History of the Mottled Gray Cutworm, Abagrotis alternata". Journal of Economic Entomology. 64 (1): 34–38. doi:10.1093/jee/64.1.34. ISSN 0022-0493.
- Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Abagrotis alternata.
- Anweiler, G. G. (November 13, 2003). "Species Details Abagrotis alternata". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- "Abagrotis alternata (Grote 1864)". Moths of North Dakota. Archived November 22, 2008.
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