| Moths of North Dakota |
Noctuidae: Noctuinae: Agrotini |
Feltia jaculifera (Guenée 1852)
| Common name: Dingy cutworm.
Hodges #: 10670. Identification: Rfw 15.0 mm, fw with streaks on veins M3 and Cu1 reaching margin; orbicular spot triangular, claviform spot extending as far out as reniform spot, all tibiae setose. Male clasper with upturned harpe along inner face of valve, no sacculus extension. Similar species: 10648, 10650, 10651, 10674, 10676, 10830, 10831, also 9374. Distribution: southern Alaska, southeastward across Canada and United States to northern Mexico.. Hosts: Larvae have been reported from more than 40 plant species including crops, forages, vegetables, and forbs. Note: Often listed as F. ducens Walker. Recent
work (see Lafontaine 2004) indicates that this is probably a complex of
species at present perhaps only identified via pheromones or DNA.
The specimens shown at right represent extremes in variation only and
not cryptic species. |
ND, Cass Co., Fargo, NDSU campus. 15- VIII- 1978, %, UV light, coll. T. Maertens.
ND, Cass Co., Fargo. VIII- 1983, %, UV lt, coll. G. Fauske.
Right prothoracic tibia showing mesal |
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