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Nephelodes minians (bronzed cutworm)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Bronzed Cutworm or Shaded Umber Moth (Nephelodes minians) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of North America, except Florida and adjacent states. This wingspan is about 40 mm. The moth flies from July to October depending on the location. The larva feed on various grasses, including cereal crops and corn.
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Prey / Diet

Polygonum aviculare aviculare (prostrate knotweed)[1]
Zea mays (corn)[2]

Predators

Corynorhinus rafinesquii (Rafinesque's big-eared bat)[3]

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
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Dodd, Luke E.; Lacki, Michael J.; Johnson, Joseph S.; Rieske, Lynne K. (2015), Data from: Prey size and dietary niche of Rafinesque’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii), Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.79p7n
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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