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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) » hollemani group (Euxoa hollemani group) » Euxoa hollemani - Hodges#10820 (Euxoa hollemani)

Species Euxoa hollemani - Hodges#10820

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Euxoa hollemani - Hodges #10820 - Euxoa hollemani

Noctuidae: Euxoa hollemani - Euxoa hollemani

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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 (hollemani group)

Species hollemani (Euxoa hollemani - Hodges#10820)

Hodges Number

10820

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euxoa hollemani (Grote, 1874) (1)

Agrotis hollemani Grote, 1874

syn: Euxoa andera Smith, 1910 [Hodges#10822] (2)

Phylogenetic sequence # 933401

Numbers

Size

Forewing length 10-16 mm.(3)

Identification

The original description as Agrotis hollemani is available in the print references.

Orbicular and reniform are fused together to form a hour glass shape. (3)

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (4)

Range

British Columbia to California and New Mexico. (5), (6), (7), (8)

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.

Habitat

Found in open arid plains and pinyon-juniper forests.(3)

Season

Adults are most often reported from July to October, but there are April to May records.(3)

Food

Adults are often found at the blooms of Ericameria nauseosus (rabbitbrush) Asteraceae. (9)

Larvae are possibly general feeders of herbaceous vegetation. (9)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Moths of Canada Noctuidae photo plate PDF. (10)

Print References

Grote, A.R. 1874. Preliminary catalogue of the Noctuidae of California. The Canadian Entomologist. 6: 156.

Powell, J.A., & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 57.31; p. 311.(3)

Smith, J.B. 1910. New species of Noctuidae for 1910. Journal of the New York Entomologist Society, 18: 89. (2)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (9)

Moth Photographers Group (11)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)

2.	New species of Noctuidae for 1910. No. 2 John B. Smith. 1910. Transactions of The American Entomological Society 36: 251-266.

3.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

5.	Survey of Utah Moth Species

6.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

7.	Moths of Canada

8.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

9.	Pacific Northwest Moths

10.	Moths of Canada Noctuidae: Agrotini J. T. Troubridge, J. D. LaFontaine. 2004. Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility.

11.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 September, 2011 - 1:18am
Last updated 4 April, 2014 - 11:43pm

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