Agnorisma badinodis
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The Pale-banded Dart or Spotted-sided Cutworm (Agnorisma badinodis) is a moth
of the Noctuidae
family. It is found in southern Canada
and United States
, east of the 100th meridian, and exclusive of the Deep South.
The wingspan
is about 36 mm. There is one generation per year.
Recorded food plants include Stellaria media, Sisymbrium officinale, Trifolium, Medicago sativa, Rumex
, Aster ericoides and Triticum aestivum.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. It is found in southern Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, east of the 100th meridian, and exclusive of the Deep South.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 36 mm. There is one generation per year.
Recorded food plants include Stellaria media, Sisymbrium officinale, Trifolium, Medicago sativa, Rumex
Rumex
The docks and sorrels, genus Rumex L., are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae....
, Aster ericoides and Triticum aestivum.