Abagrotis orbis, the well-marked cutworm or Barnes' climbing cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1876. It is in southwestern North America, extending eastward across the plains and with a large disjunct population in dune habitats in the southern Great Lakes area. It extends into western Canada only in the southern interior of British Columbia and southern Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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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. orbis
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| Abagrotis orbis (Grote, 1876)
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The wingspan is 35–40 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September in one generation in Alberta.
The larvae feed on the flowers of fruit trees and are considered a pest in orchards. Recorded food plants include Malus sylvestris, Prunus persica, Prunus serotina, Acer negundo and Vitis sp.[1]
References
edit- 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.
- Anweiler, G. G. (November 13, 2003). "Species Details Abagrotis orbis". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 11, 2020.}
- Fauske, Gerald M. (February 6, 2007). "Abagrotis orbis (Grote 1876)". Moths of North Dakota. Archived January 8, 2009.
- ^ Lowery, D. T. & Mostafa, A. M. (2009), "Cutworm species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) feeding on grapevines in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, and notes on rearing", The Canadian Entomologist, 142: 173–180, doi:10.4039/n09-057
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