| Moths of North Dakota |
Noctuidae: Noctuinae: Agrotini |
Peridroma saucia (Hübner 1808)
| Common name: Variegated cutworm/ Pearly underwing.
Hodges #: 10915. Identification: Rfw 21.5 mm, orbicular spot often pale, hw with violet reflections, frons evenly rounded, thorax with a double median scale-crest, fore tibia with row of setae on mesal side only. Similar species: 10268, 10663, 10731, 10923, 10924, and 10926. Distribution: central Canada southward to Argentina, also Eurasia. Hosts: Larvae general feeders, reported on more than 125 species of vegetables, crops, herbs and woody plants. |
ND Cass Co., UV lt. trap. 28- VII- 1986.
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