The Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U. S. A.
Author
Pogue, Michael G.
text
Zootaxa
2006
2006-05-26
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1215.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1215.1.1
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10.
Agrotis volubilis
Harvey, Voluble Dart
(adult)
(
Fig. 12
)
Identification:
Forewing length 14.0–18.0 mm. The males have biserrate antennae. Forewing is dark gray in the costal half to the reniform spot, the rest pale rufous. Orbicular spot is ovate, reniform spot is dark gray, claviform spot is an elongate dash; all are outlined in black. Terminal area of forewing has a series of black triangular spots with second and third the largest. Hindwing is white with darker veins and darker scaling along the costa and outer margins.
Flight period:
MidMay to early July.
Collected localities:
This species is not recorded from the Park, but it is likely to occur there.
General distribution:
Widespread in North America
from Newfoundland to
British Columbia
in
Canada
and in the United States from Maine to Florida and west to the
West Coast
(
Lafontaine 2004
)
.
Larval hosts:
Polyphagous; hosts include alfalfa (
Medicago sativa
L.,
Fabaceae
), beans (
Phaseolus
sp.
,
Fabaceae
), chickweed (
Cerastium
sp.
,
Caryophyllaceae
), clover (
Trifolium
sp.
,
Fabaceae
), corn (
Zea mays
L.,
Poaceae
), little barley (
Hordeum pusillum
Nutt.
,
Poaceae
), and tobacco (
Nicotania
sp.,
Solanaceae
).