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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 Orosagrotis (Euxoa Subgenus Orosagrotis) » wilsoni group (Euxoa wilsoni group) » Euxoa wilsoni - Hodges#10867 (Euxoa wilsoni)

Species Euxoa wilsoni - Hodges#10867

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · 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 Orosagrotis)
No Taxon (wilsoni group)
Species wilsoni (Euxoa wilsoni - Hodges#10867)
Hodges Number
10867
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euxoa wilsoni (Grote(1), 1873)
Agrotis wilsoni Grote 1873
Phylogenetic sequence # 933486(2)
Size
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 15-19 mm.(3)
Identification
This group is best determined by genitalia.
Specimens identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (4)
Range
Central British Columbia, south along the coast to San Luis Obispo County, California. (5), (3)
Habitat
Euxoa wilsoni is usually associated with coastal sand dunes.
Season
Powell & Opler (2009) reported adults from early June to early October. (3)
Food
Powell & Opler (2009) reported the larval host plants.(3)
Ambrosia chamissonis (silver bur ragweed).
Lupinus species (lupine).
See Also
Euxoa perexcellens , has a pale yellow subterminal line that is not present in E. wilsoni (6)
Print References
Grote, A.R. 1873. Descriptions of Noctuidae principally from California. Bulletin of the Buffalo Socirty of Natural Science 1: 135, pl. 4, f. 3,
Lafontaine, J.D. 1987. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 154; plate 8, figs. 56-67. (7)
Powell, J.A. & P. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p. 312, pl. 57.39.(3)
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (6)
Moth Photographers Group(8)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)(4)
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.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 .
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
5.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
6.Pacific Northwest Moths
7.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.
8.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 November, 2011 - 1:04pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 25 October, 2023 - 2:53pm

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