Agnorisma badinodis

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Agnorisma badinodis (pale-banded dart or spotted-sided cutworm) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern Canada and United States, east of the 100th meridian, and exclusive of the Deep South.

Agnorisma badinodis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agnorisma
Species:
A. badinodis
Binomial name
Agnorisma badinodis
Grote, 1874
Synonyms
  • Xestia badinodis
  • Agrotis badinodis
  • Agnorisma hero (Morrison, 1876)

The wingspan is about 36 mm. There is one generation per year.

Recorded food plants include Brassica nigra, Malus, Medicago sativa, Nicotiana tabacum, Rumex crispus, Sisymbrium officinale, Stellaria media, Symphyotrichum ericoides, Trifolium, Triticum aestivum and Vitis.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosts. (Accessed: 2023-03-28).

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