Species Euxoa sculptilis - Hodges#10815

10815

Euxoa sculptilis (Harvey, 1875)

Agrotis sculptilis Harvey, 1875

Ammaconia sculptilis

Richia sculptilis

Carneades sculptilis

Paragrotis sculptilis

Carneades xyliniformis, Smith, 1893

Phylogenetic sequence # 933357

Buckett (1966) listed the forewing length 16-19 mm. (1)

Adult - Forewing with the basal half grey irrorated with brown; the terminal half black-brown; a double black subbasal line from costa angled inwards; a double sinuous antemedial line, strongly angled outwards below costa and above inner margin; the claviform large, elongate defined by black; the orbicular large, round, black edged; the outer edge of the grey area angled on median nervure; the reniform large, black edged, rather indistinct; the postmedial line double, minutely dentate, strongly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 3 then incurved; faint traces of an irregular subterminal line; Hindwing white irrorated with brown; the veins and a terminal line brown; the underside with discoidal point and indistinct, minutely waved, postmedial line (Hampson, 1903). [Randy Hardy]

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (2)

Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. (3)

Buckett (1966) reported the flight period October through December. (1)

Moth Photographers Group has records beginning in August. (3)

Buckett, J.S., 1966. The little known moth Euxoa sculptilis (Harvey) in Arizona, with description, illustrations, and notes on Euxoa violaris (Grote & Robinson (Noctuidae-Agrotiinae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 5(4): 255-261. (1)

Harvey, L.F., 1875. Observations of North American moths. Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci., 2: 271.

Lafontaine, J.D., 1987. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation., p.67, pl.2.47. (4)

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)