S. Passoa et Cs. Hollingsworth, DISTRIBUTION, IDENTIFICATION AND RATE OF SPREAD OF NOCTUA-PRONUBA (LEPIDOPTERA, NOCTUIDAE) IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED-STATES, Entomological news, 107(3), 1996, pp. 151-160
The distribution and spread of Noctua pronuba in the eastern United St
ates is reviewed using data collected until the end of the 1994 season
. Diagnostic features of the genitalia in both sexes are discussed and
illustrated. The rate of spread of N. pronuba in the eastern United S
tates averaged approximately 80 miles per year from 1985-1994.