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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) » detersa group (Euxoa detersa group) » Slave Dart - Hodges#10854 (Euxoa servitus)

Species Euxoa servitus - Slave Dart - Hodges#10854

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · 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 (detersa group)

Species servitus (Slave Dart - Hodges#10854)

Hodges Number

10854

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euxoa servita (Smith, 1895)

Carneades servitus Smith, 1895

Range

Rocky Mountains (AZ and NM to BC), Canadian Prairie provinces and ND, MI to NS, south to MA (Lafontaine, 1981).

Habitat

more mesic habitats; forested areas of spruce and aspen in the East and areas of fir, Douglas-fir and pine in the West (1)

See Also

Euxoa redimicula is very similar and its range largely overlaps the range of servitus. However, redimicula has forewing markings that are more sharply defined than servitus and it flies a bit later in dry deciduous forests. (1)

Euxoa auripennis is also very similar and largely overlaps the western range of servitus. However, the forewing of auripennis has even rather than streaked inner margin of the dark terminal area and has a toothed rather than wavy outer margin of the PM line. Also, E. servitus is known from more mesic habitats. (1)

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D. 1981. Classification and phylogeny of the Euxoa detersa group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae, 17: 1–120 (Figs. 17, 18, 19,71, 102, 133, 162).

Internet References

BOLD

MPG

Pacific Northwest Moths

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 Cotinis on 13 March, 2006 - 2:41pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Chris Grinter, Blocky, Steve Morris
Last updated 17 December, 2023 - 8:46pm

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