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Eueretagrotis attentus, the attentive dart or daggered heath dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America 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.

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 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.

References

• Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.
• McLeod, Robin (September 26, 2006). "Species Eueretagrotis attentus - Attentive Dart - Hodges#11009". BugGuide. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
• "933570.00 – 11009 – Eueretagrotis attentus – Attentive Dart Moth – (Grote, 1874)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
• Pogue, Michael G. (2006). "The Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A." Zootaxa. 1215: 1-95 ISBN 978-1-86977-000-6.

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