Abagrotis alternata

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| image = Abagrotis alternata – Greater Red Dart Moth Hugh McGuinness not new but different variation from last year (14275703969).jpg

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| taxon = Abagrotis alternata

| authority = Grote, 1865

| synonyms =

• Abagrotis alternatella
• Abagrotis uniformis

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Abagrotis alternata, the greater red dart or mottled gray cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865. It is found in eastern North America, from New Brunswick west across southern Canada to western Alberta, south to Arizona, New Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico.

The wingspan is 38–43 mm. Adults are on wing in August in Alberta. There is one generation per year.{{cite journal|last=Rings|first=Roy W. |title=Contributions to the Bionomics of Climbing Cutworms; the Life History of the Mottled Gray Cutworm, Abagrotis alternata |journal=Journal of Economic Entomology |date=1971|volume=64|issue=1|pages=34–38|issn=0022-0493 |doi=10.1093/jee/64.1.34}}