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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) » Scholastic Dart - Hodges#10793 (Euxoa scholastica)
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Scholastic Dart - Euxoa scholastica
Copyright © 2015 Ilona L.

Scholastic Dart - Euxoa scholastica
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
August 3, 2014
At first I thought this might be a Peridroma saucia - Variegated Cutworm but it was IDed as Euxoa messoria.
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 4 January, 2015 - 6:36pm
Last updated 22 May, 2023 - 3:32pm

Moved
Moved from Euxoa.

I sent copies of these two moths to Les Ferge - Wis. Entomological Society -- "These are both E. scholastica. The orbicular spot is smaller and round with a complete black outline. E. messoria, which is easily confused, has a larger (about 2/3 size of reniform), oval orbicular with the black outline broken toward the costa."
… Ilona L., 22 May, 2023 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Ilona L., 15 May, 2023 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

Euxoa scholastica?
The perfectly round orbicular spot is more characteristic of Euxoa scholastica which is also possible at this location at this time of year. I would have a hard time placing this one at messoria without seeing the hindwing. I am curious to know who identified this as messoria?
… Steve Morris, 15 May, 2023 - 7:47am login or register to post comments

 
Euxoa moth
As it was many years ago since I posted this moth I don't remember where the suggested ID came from. It may have come from a comment on one of the Facebook moth group pages. I posted another moth from 2015 which looks similar.
… Ilona L., 15 May, 2023 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

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