Moths of North Dakota

Noctuidae: Noctuinae: Agrotini


Agrotis vetusta Walker 1856

Common name: Old man dart/ Spotted-legged cutworm

Hodges #: 10641.

Identification: Rfw 15.87 mm; fw gray,. Ordinary spots fuscous, p.m. line represented by dark dots on veins, hw unmarked white.  All tibiae setose, eyes without hair, frons with a raised ring.

Similar species: 10669, 10715, 10723, 10809, 10811, 10813, 10841, 10842, 10847, 10894, 10902, 10906, and 10909.

Distribution: southern Alaska to Nova Scotia, southward into Mexico.

Hosts: Larvae have been reported from more than 20 species of forbs,  vegetables, and row crops. 

 

 

ND Foster Co., Carrington Expt. Station. 
UV lt. trap.  20- VIII- 1986.  G. Fauske.

 

Anterior view showing frontal tubercle and unmarked ptagiae.


 

 

Meta-basitaruss of Agrotis vetusta showing four rows of setae. 
Similar species of Anicla possess three rows of setae.
           

 

  
 

 

 


Last updated: 02/06/07

Dr. Gerald M. Fauske
collection manager, NDSIRC
research specialist, NDSU
216 Hultz Hall
Fargo, ND 58105
E-Mail: Gerald.Fauske@ndsu.nodak.edu

 
Published by the Department of Entomology 


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