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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) » cursoria group (Euxoa cursoria group) » Euxoa ochrogaster - Hodges#10801 (Euxoa ochrogaster)

Species Euxoa ochrogaster - Hodges#10801

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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 (cursoria group)
Species ochrogaster (Euxoa ochrogaster - Hodges#10801)
Hodges Number
10801
Other Common Names
Red-backed Cutworm
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euxoa ochrogaster (Guenée, 1852) (1)
Noctua ochrogaster Guenée, 1852
Many synonyms (Europe)
Phylogenetic sequence # 933424
Size
wingspan about 35 mm
Identification
Specimens identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (2)
Range
Alaska south to central California and east to Newfoundland and New England. Rocky Mountains to Arizona and New Mexico.
Also found in northern Europe.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
The main flight period is June through September. (3)
Food
Larval hosts include a variety of broad leaf plants and grasses.
Considered a pest species of common sunflower, Helianthus annuus L.
Remarks
Google search to find many papers concerning the pest status.
See Also
Euxoa is a confusing group with many similar species.
Print References
Grote, A.R. 1882. New moths with partial catalogue of Noctuidae. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 6: 566.
Lafontaine, J.D., 1987. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.2: p. 112; pl. 6.8-11.(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Pacific Northwest Moths
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)(2)
North Dakota State University
Noctuoidea of Canada
Lepbarcoding.org
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.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 August, 2012 - 10:36am
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi, Steve Morris
Last updated 26 January, 2024 - 2:32pm

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