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Species Euxoa oncocnemoides - Hodges#10748

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 (annulipes group)
Species oncocnemoides (Euxoa oncocnemoides - Hodges#10748)
Hodges Number
10748
Identification
Forewing is creamy white; median line dark and sharply defined; orbicular and reniform spots are white filled; orbicular spot is round in most specimens. (1)
Range
Southwest California - Monterey, Los Angeles & Riverside Counties (1)
Habitat
most records from San Gabriel Mountains (1)
Season
June to early August (1)
Remarks
Previously considered a subspecies of Euxoa annulipes.
See Also
Euxoa annulipes is a Great Basin species. The forewing is gray rather than creamy white; the median line is not as dark or as sharply defined; the orbicular and reniform spots are also white filled but have a dark gray central shade. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
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 Steve Morris on 18 January, 2023 - 9:17pm

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