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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Noctuini » Agrotina » Hemieuxoa » Hemieuxoa Moth - Hodges#10914 (Hemieuxoa rudens)

Species Hemieuxoa rudens - Hemieuxoa Moth - Hodges#10914

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Noctuini
Subtribe Agrotina
Genus Hemieuxoa
Species rudens (Hemieuxoa Moth - Hodges#10914)
Hodges Number
10914
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hemieuxoa rudens (Harvey, 1875)
Agrotis rudens Harvey, 1875
Agrotis pellucidalis Grote, 1882
Lycophotia interfasciata Hampson, 1918
Phylogenetic sequence # 933227
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed Hemieuxoa rudens as the only species of this genus in America north of Mexico. (1)
One of 7 species worldwide.
Size
Forewing length 13-15 mm. (2)
Identification
The adults have two forms. (2)

      typical form           "pellucida" form
Range
Central California to Utah(3), Nebraska and south to Texas.(2)
Food
The larval host plant is Gutierreziz wrightii (snakeweed) and possibly other plants.(2)
Remarks
This is the type species of the genus Hemieuxoa. The holotype male and female were collected in Texas.
See Also
Other southern species in the tribe Agrotini lack the triple combination of black basal dash, pale cream basal strip along costa, and plain outer half of forewing.
Print References
Lafontaine, J.D., 2004. The Moths of North America. Fascicle 27.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p.66; pl.C.1-3 (4)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p. 308; plate 56, figs. 33-34. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
presence in California; list of 21 specimen records with dates and locations (U. of California at Berkeley)
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.Survey of Utah Moth Species
4.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (Part), Noctuinae (Part-Agrotini), Fascicle 27.1
J. Donald Lafontaine. 2004. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 2 August, 2007 - 8:37pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 7 December, 2013 - 10:55pm

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