Genus Eurois

Classification · Numbers · Range · Internet References

it was too nice to be a dagger - Eurois astricta

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Noctuini

Genus Eurois

Numbers

5 species in North America (Nearctica.com)

3 species in Canada (CBIF)

Range

holarctic

represented coast to coast in North America, north to the arctic

Internet References

pinned adult images of all 3 species occurring in Canada (CBIF)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 1 February, 2005 - 9:47pm

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