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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 » Euxoa » Subgenus Pleonectopoda (Euxoa Subgenus Pleonectopoda) » vetusta group (Euxoa vetusta group) » Euxoa vetusta - Hodges#10724 (Euxoa vetusta)

Species Euxoa vetusta - Hodges#10724

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

861 Euxoa vetusta – Vetusta Dart Moth 10724 - Euxoa vetusta - male

1272 Euxoa vetusta – Vetusta Dart Moth 10724 - Euxoa vetusta

Euxoa vetusta – Vetusta Dart Moth 10724 - Euxoa vetusta

Noctuidae, maybe Noctuinae? - Euxoa vetusta

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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 Euxoa

No Taxon (Subgenus Pleonectopoda)

No Taxon (vetusta group)

Species vetusta (Euxoa vetusta - Hodges#10724)

Hodges Number

10724

Size

Forewing ranges from 16-19 mm, wingspan 38-42 mm.

Identification

One of the easier species of Euxoa to identify. The whitish to grayish forwings with the large discal spots help separate it from most other species. The space between the orbicular and reniform spots is usually shaded from gray to black. The hindwings are dark brown to gray with a paler fringe. Males have pectinate antennae and females have filiform antennae.(1)

Range

Species occurs in the Pacific Northwest from British Columbia to California.

Habitat

Mainly wet conifer forest from the coast to the Cascades.

Season

Adults fly from late April to early September.

Food

Larvae are reported to feed on herbaceous plants. (2)

See Also

Might be confused with Polia discalis or nimbosa. See all three species. CBIF photos

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Pacific Northwest Moths

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (Part), Noctuinae (Part-Euxoa), Fascicle 27.2 J. Donald LaFontane. 1987. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

2.	Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands Jeffrey Miller, Paul Hammond. 2000. USDA Forest Service, FHTET-98-18.

Contributed by John Davis on 6 September, 2007 - 3:45pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 13 December, 2023 - 11:49am

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