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Violet Dart (Euxoa violaris) - Euxoa violaris
Copyright © 2018 Lunada Zali

Violet Dart (Euxoa violaris) - Euxoa violaris
West Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA
September 27, 2016
Size: ~15 mm in length
Attracted to porch lights. Surrounding habitat oak-dominated mixed woodlands. This species is not included in the Beadle & Leckie edition of the Peterson "Moths of Eastern North America" field guide, but the older Covell edition says it is "locally common in sandy coastal habitats from Mass. to N.C. Sept.; 1 brood." (Covell, 2005, p. 93.)

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Contributed by Lunada Zali on 13 February, 2018 - 10:07am

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