Eueretagrotis attentus

Eueretagrotis attentus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Eueretagrotis
Species: E. attentus
Binomial name
Eueretagrotis attentus
(Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Eueretagrotis attenta

The attentive dart or daggered heath dart (Eueretagrotis attentus) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Nova Scotia to Saskatchewan and adjacent northern states, south in the Appalachians to Great Smoky Mountains National Park (North Carolina and Tennessee). There is one record from northern Georgia.

The wingspan is 30–35 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium, Salix, Betula alleghaniensis, Sambucus and Fragaria.


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