Moths of North Dakota

Noctuidae: Noctuinae: Agrotini


Agrotis robustior (Smith 1899)

Common name: No accepted common name, listed here as 'Robust dart.'

Hodges #: 10650.

Identification: Rfw 17.55 mm; orbicular small, round; pale streaks on veins interrupt dark transverse lines.  Hw color whitish with fuscous outer margin.  Ptagiae and tegulae pale.  Male with pectinate antennae.  All tibiae setose.  Eyes without hair, frons with a raised ring.  

Similar species: 10630, 10648, 10651, 10659, 10660, and 10674

Distribution: Northern Great Plains, prairie provinces of Canada southward to South Dakota and Colorado..

Hosts: Larval hosts unknown

 

 

ND  Divide Co., UV lt. trap.  17- VIII- 2003.  K. Anderson.


           

 

 

  
 

 

 


Last updated: 01/23/07

Gerald M. Fauske
Research Specialist
NDSU
202 Hultz Hall
Fargo, ND 58105
E-Mail: Gerald.Fauske@ndsu.nodak.edu

 
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