Biology:Eueretagrotis perattentus

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Short description: Species of moth

Eueretagrotis perattentus
Eueretagrotis perattenta.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Eueretagrotis
Species:
E. perattentus
Binomial name
Eueretagrotis perattentus
(Grote, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Eueretagrotis perattenta
  • Eueretagrotis perattenta inattenta

Eueretagrotis perattentus, the two-spot dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from coast to coast across central and southern Canada , and in the northern United States , south along the Appalachians to western North Carolina and Tennessee . There are a few scattered records along the Rocky Mountains from south-western Montana to south-eastern Arizona.

The wingspan is about 32 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.

Larvae have been reared on Vaccinium and Prunus pennsylvanica.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5406800 entry