''Parabagrotis cupidissima'' is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family

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(owlet moths). It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1875 and is found in North America, where it ranges from southern

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, along the Pacific Coast states, to southern

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. The habitat consists of grasslands and oak woodlands. The length of the forewings is 15–18 mm. The forewings are speckled or powdery light brown to orange-brown, with lighter ochreous to orange lines and spots. The hindwings are grey with darker grey toward the margin. Adults are on wing from late May to October in the northern part of its range. The larvae probably feed on

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species.Pacific Northwest Moths
/ref> The MONA or Hodges number for ''Parabagrotis cupidissima'' is 11047.3.Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016).
Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
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Butterflies and Moths of North AmericaNCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Parabagrotis cupidissima''
Noctuinae Moths described in 1875 {{Noctuoidea-stub

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