Bug FAQGreat Brown Dart
Eurois astricta · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Noctuidae
Also called: Great Brown Dart Moth
The great brown dart is a cutworm or dart moth in the Noctuidae family. It lives in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Eurois astricta, called the great brown dart, belongs to the cutworm or dart moth group in Noctuidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
This moth is found across North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range includes North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 22 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Alaska, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Oregon.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurois_astricta
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