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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) » detersa group (Euxoa detersa group) » Euxoa costata - Hodges#10825 (Euxoa costata)

Species Euxoa costata - Hodges#10825

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · 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 (detersa group)
Species costata (Euxoa costata - Hodges#10825)
Hodges Number
10825
Size
forewing length 14-18 mm (1)
Identification
Forewing reddish-brown with contrasting silver-gray costa, reniform spot and orbicular spot; cubital vein not pale. (1)
Range
southern British Columbia southward in the Cascades and Sierra Nevada to the Transverse Ranges of southern California (1)
Habitat
dry coniferous forest (1)
Season
mid-July to early September (1)
See Also
Euxoa castanea has chestnut-brown forewings and the cubital vein is pale lined. (1)
Euxoa idahoensis is more widespread and quite variable, however it is not described as having reddish forewings and the forewing cubital vein is typically pale. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Pacific Northwest Moths
Barcode of Life (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.
Contributed by Jim Johnson on 22 December, 2014 - 6:10pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 31 January, 2023 - 1:21pm

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