Abagrotis cupida
| Cupid Dart | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Abagrotis |
| Species: | A. cupida |
| Binomial name | |
| Abagrotis cupida Grote, 1865 | |
| Synonyms | |
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The Cupid Dart or Brown Climbing Cutworm (Abagrotis cupida) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in southern Canada and in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains (except the deep south).
The wingspan is 33–35 mm. Adults are on wing in late summer in one generation. In Alberta, the flight period ranges from August to September.
Reported food plants include willow, cultivated apple, grape and peach trees.
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