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Species Euxoa choris - Hodges#10819

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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)
Species choris (Euxoa choris - Hodges#10819)
Hodges Number
10819
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euxoa choris (Harvey, 1876)
Phylogenetic sequence # 933427
Identification
forewing has black basal dash and single postmedial line
Range
Saskatchewan to Yukon and south to New Mexico, Arizona and California
Season
Adults fly June through August
See Also
Euxoa messoria with no black basal dash and a double postmedian line
Print References
Lafontaine, J.D., 1987. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 114; plate 6, figs. 17-18.(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Noctuoidea of Western Canada
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 February, 2012 - 1:59pm
Last updated 4 April, 2014 - 11:37pm

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