Abagrotis cupida

Cupid Dart
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
  • Rynchagrotis cupida

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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