Abagrotis orbis

Abagrotis orbis
Abagrotis orbis, Arizona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Abagrotis
Species:
A. orbis
Binomial name
Abagrotis orbis
(Grote, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Agrotis orbis Grote 1876
  • Lampra barnesi Benjamin, 1921
  • Abagrotis barnesi (Benjamin, 1921)

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.

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

  • 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.
  1. ^ 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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