Abagrotis cupida
| Cupid dart | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Abagrotis |
| Species: | A. cupida
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| Binomial name | |
| Abagrotis cupida Grote, 1865
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Abagrotis cupida (Cupid dart or brown climbing cutworm) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in southern Canada and in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains (except the deep south).
The wingspan is 33–35 mm. Adults are on wing in late summer in one generation. In Alberta, the flight period ranges from August to September.
Reported food plants include willow, cultivated apple, grape and peach trees.
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