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Feltia subterranea, formerly known as Agrotis subterranea, and commonly known as the granulate cutworm or tawny shoulder, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, from Massachusetts and New York to California and the southern parts of the United States and Mexico. It is also present in Central America and South America where it has been reported in Honduras, Costa Rica, Cuba, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, South-East Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, the Antilles.[1]

Feltia subterranea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Feltia
Species:	F. subterranea
Binomial name
Feltia subterranea (Fabricius, 1794)
Synonyms
Agrotis subterranea (Fabricius, 1794) Noctua subterranea Fabricius, 1794 Agrotis annexa Treitschke, 1825 Agrotis anteposita Guenée, 1852 Noctua lutescens Blanchard, 1852 Euxoa lutescens (Blanchard, 1852) Agrotis decernens Walker, [1857] Agrotis interferens Walker, 1858 Xylina lutaea Druce, 1889 Agrotis interposita Maassen, 1890 Euxoa williamsi Schaus, 1923 Agrotis blanchardi Berg, 1882

The wingspan is 38–44 mm.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including over 61 hosts of economic importance.[2]

The adults are a pollinator of fetterbush lyonia.[3]

References

External links

• Feltia subterranea on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures website.

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