Blueberry budworm moth | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Abagrotis |
Species: | A. anchocelioides |
Binomial name | |
Abagrotis anchocelioides (Guenée, 1852) | |
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Abagrotis anchocelioides, commonly known as the blueberry budworm moth, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America from southern Quebec to North Carolina, west to southern Manitoba, North Dakota and Missouri. [1]
The wingspan is 32–38 mm. [2] Adults are on wing from June to September.
The larvae are thought to feed on fruit buds of blueberry, although other sources list the food plants as unknown.