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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) » pallipennis group (Euxoa pallipennis group) » Euxoa pallipennis - Hodges#10765 (Euxoa pallipennis)

Species Euxoa pallipennis - Hodges#10765

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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 (pallipennis group)
Species pallipennis (Euxoa pallipennis - Hodges#10765)
Hodges Number
10765
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euxoa pallipennis (Smith, [1888])
Agrotis pallipennis Smith, 1888
syn. Euxoa alcesta Smith, 1905
Phylogenetic sequence # 933393
Size
Wingspan is 30-37 mm. (1)
Identification
The original description as Agrotis pallipennis Smith, is available online in the print references below.
Range
California to northwestern Canada and New Mexico. (2), (3), (4), (2)
Habitat
Shortgrass prairie, sagebrush grasslands.
Season
Adults are usually reported from July to September. (4)
Food
Larvae feed on herbaceous vegetation of several families. (5)
Larvae have been found on Salsola kali L. (Russian thistle).
Also reported on grasses (Poaceae) and considered a pest of dry land wheat farming.
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group
Print References
Lafontaine, J.D. 1987. The Moth of North America, Fascicle 27.2. p. 86; pl. 4, fig. 14-15. (1)
Smith, J.B. 1888. New genera and species of North American Noctuidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 10: 461.
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths
Moth Photographers Group
E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum (University of Alberta )
Canadian Biodiversity Information
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.
2.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
3.Survey of Utah Moth Species
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Pacific Northwest Moths
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 January, 2011 - 10:23am
Last updated 4 April, 2014 - 11:53pm

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