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Species Eurois nigra - Hodges#10931

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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 Noctuina

Genus Eurois

Species nigra (Eurois nigra - Hodges#10931)

Hodges Number

10931

Other Common Names

Great black dart moth

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eurois nigra (Smith, 1892)

Peridroma nigra Smith, 1892

Phylogenetic sequence # 933562

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed three species of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Forewing length 22-26 mm. (2)

Smith (1892) reported a wingspan of 53 mm.

Identification

The very brief Smith (1892) original description is available in the print references.

Range

California to New Mexico, north to Alberta and British Columbia. (3)

Holotype collected in "Colorado".

Season

The main flight period appears to be June to October. (3)

Food

The host plant is unknown. (2)

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D., 1998. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 86; plate 1, figs. 54-55. (4)

Smith, J.B., 1892. New species of Noctuidae. Entomological News 3. p. 252.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Pacific Northwest Moths (2)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (5)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

2.	Pacific Northwest Moths

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuiodea, Noctuinae, Noctuini (Part), Fascicle 27.3 J. Donald LaFontaine. 1998. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

5.	Butterflies of North America

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Bob Patterson on 28 April, 2010 - 6:20pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 7 December, 2013 - 11:52pm

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