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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 Longivesica (Euxoa Subgenus Longivesica) » Euxoa divergens - Hodges#10702 (Euxoa divergens)

Species Euxoa divergens - Hodges#10702

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

Noctuidae: Euxoa divergens? - Euxoa divergens

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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 Longivesica)

Species divergens (Euxoa divergens - Hodges#10702)

Hodges Number

10702

Size

Forewing length varies from 14 to 16 mm.

Identification

The combination of dark or gray-brown forewing color, black basal dash, and a pale cubital vein helps separate this species from most other Euxoa species. (1)

Range

Occurs in much of Canada from Newfoundland to BC and southward to the northern Northeastern States. In the West it occurs in montane area south to California, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Habitat

Open areas to dry to moist woodlands.

Season

Adults have been found from May until September, with the majority from mid-June to August.

Food

Larvae have only been reared in the labratory.

See Also

Might be confused with Euxoa ridingsiana (mainly) or E. tesselata in some cases. Characteristics of E. divergens that can distinguish it from ridingsiana include "lacks a pale streak distal to the claviform spot, lacks streaking in the subterminal area, and genital characters" (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Pacific Northwest Moths

Univ of Alberta species page

Moths of North Dakota species page

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 John Davis on 6 September, 2007 - 3:31pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 14 August, 2023 - 11:32am

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