Abagrotis dodi McDunnough 1927

Abagrotis dodi is a rarely collected western species, described originally from Dod specimens from the head of Pine Creek, just southwest of Calgary. It has been collected from southern Yukon south to southern UT and CO and west to central NV and WA. In Alberta it has been collected from the Kootenay Plains south to the Kananaskis area. It is reported to fly in open conifer forest. The only recent Alberta collection is a series collected in sandy open montane at Whirlpool Point in the Kootenay Plains by Chris Schmidt in 2006. The open circles on the map are literature records from Lafontaine (op. cit.)

A small (2.4-2.5 cm wingspan) moth with dark brown forewings and dark sooty brown hindwings, with few obvious markings. The forewings may range in color from grey brown to red-brown, but Alberta specimens examined are dark (almost black) red-brown. Markings consist of the round black orbicular and vertical oblong black reniform spots, outlined with slightly lighter brown. And a close examination will also show some black scaling marking partial antemedian and postmedian lines, and lighter scales marking the subterminal line. Sexes are alike, with females sometimes a bit paler and with a heavier, broader abdomen. They fly with and are easy to mistake for A. placida. Abagrotis placida are larger and have a contrasting paler terminal band on the forewings and slightly paler hindwings. Questionable specimens can be identified by examining the genitalia. Female have a rounded bursa with a single large signa (more oblong with a much “fatter” vesica with a larger more prominent terminal cornutus than placida. Adults and genitalia of both sexes are illustrated in Lafontaine (1998).

It is reported to fly in open conifer forest, and in sandy open montane.

Almost nothing is known. In Alberta there is a single brood with adults in later summer. Adults are attracted to light. The earlier stages are unknown.

Abagrotis dodi is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1927. It is found in North America southwest of Calgary, southern Yukon south to southern Utah and Colorado and west to central Nevada and Washington.

The wingspan is 24–25 mm. Adults are on wing in late summer in one generation per year.

Abagrotis dodi là một loài bướm đêm thuộc họ Noctuidae. Nó được tìm thấy ở tây nam của Calgary, miền nam Yukon phía nam đến miền nam Utah và Colorado và phía tây đến Trung Nevada và Washington.

Sải cánh dài 24–25 mm. Con trưởng thành bay vào cuối hè làm một đợt mỗi năm.