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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 Euxoa (Euxoa Subgenus Euxoa) » bostoniensis group (Euxoa bostoniensis group) » Median-banded Dart - Hodges#10813 (Euxoa medialis)

Species Euxoa medialis - Median-banded Dart - Hodges#10813

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Euxoa)
No Taxon (bostoniensis group)
Species medialis (Median-banded Dart - Hodges#10813)
Hodges Number
10813
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euxoa medialis (Smith, [1888])
Phylogenetic sequence # 933354 (1)
Size
Wingspan 36-40 mm.
Identification
Forewing variable and can be pale gray, yellowish or a dull pinkish color.

Genitalia:
Range
Alberta to Manitoba and Wisconsin south to Texas and California; also occurs to southern Mexico.(2)
Habitat
Arid grasslands of Northern Great Plains to arid southwestern states.
See Also
Euxoa siccata (pink form) has entire reniform and small orbicular filled with dark scales.
Print References
Lafontaine, J.D., 1987. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 66; plate 2, figs. 34-39.(3)
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (2)
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
E.H. Strickland Museum
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.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.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 August, 2010 - 11:08pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 8 August, 2024 - 4:10pm

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