| Moths of North Dakota |
Noctuidae: Noctuinae: Agrotini |
Actebia balanitis (Grote 1873)
| Common name: No accepted common name,
Listed here as 'Northwestern army cutworm.'
Hodges #: 10923. Identification: Rfw 17.4 mm, frons bulging, without a raised ring, pro-tibia with both mesal and lateral row of setae, all tibiae setose; thoracic vestiture of and forked and singular hair-scales; orbicular spot small, round; fw in fresh specimens with a brassy cast. Similar species: 10731, 10705, 10753, 10915, 10927.1, 10973, 11004, 11006, and 11049.1. Distribution: Rocky Mountain states, northwestward to Alaska. The closely related A. squalida (Guenée) occurs in the Palearctic. Hosts: presumably the larvae feed on grasses as does A. squalida, no definite host records known for A. balanitis.
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ND Bottineau Co., 13- VII- 1963.
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