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Eueretagrotis attentus (Attentive Dart)

Synonyms: Agrotis attentus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Attentive Dart or Daggered Heath Dart (Eueretagrotis attentus) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan and adjacent northern states, south in the Appalachians to Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina and Tennessee). There is one record from northern Georgia. The wingspan is 30–35 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed on Vaccinium, Salix, Betula alleghaniensis, Sambucus and Fragaria.
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Prey / Diet

Betula papyrifera (mountain paper birch)[1]
Fragaria virginiana (Virginia Strawberry)[1]
Sambucus nigra (European black elderberry)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0