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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 Euxoa (Euxoa Subgenus Euxoa) » declarata group (Euxoa declarata group) » Euxoa flavidens - Hodges#10758 (Euxoa flavidens)

Species Euxoa flavidens - Hodges#10758

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · 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 Euxoa
No Taxon (Subgenus Euxoa)
No Taxon (declarata group)
Species flavidens (Euxoa flavidens - Hodges#10758)
Hodges Number
10758
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euxoa flavidens (Smith, [1888]) (1)
Agrotis flavidens Smith, 1888
Phylogenetic sequence # 933381
Explanation of Names
flav Latin for yellow
dens Latin for thick; a tooth(2)
Numbers
Size
Forewing length 14-20 mm. (3), (1)
Identification
The original description as Agrotis flavidens Smith, is available at the link in the print references below.
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Range
Northern Utah, Colorado(4), Arizona and New Mexico. (3)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults fly from late June to late September. (3), (5)
See Also
Euxoa olivia
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Compare to others on the archived photos of living moths and pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Lafontaine, J.D., 1987. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.2: p. 80; pl. 3.41-42. (1)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, pl. 57.28, p. 311. (3)
Smith, J.B. 1888. New genera and species of North American Noctuidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 10: 455.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
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.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4. Moths of Rocky Mountain National Park (USGS)
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 18 January, 2011 - 10:17pm
Last updated 4 April, 2014 - 11:42pm

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