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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) » comosa group (Euxoa comosa group) » Euxoa occidentalis - Hodges#10781.1 (Euxoa occidentalis)

Species Euxoa occidentalis - Hodges#10781.1

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

Euxoa occidentalis? - Euxoa occidentalis

Noctuidae: Euxoa occidentalis - Euxoa occidentalis

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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 (comosa group)

Species occidentalis (Euxoa occidentalis - Hodges#10781.1)

Hodges Number

10781.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euxoa occidentalis Lafontaine & Byers, 1982 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 933410

Size

Forewing length 14-17 mm. (1)

Range

British Columbia to Montana, Utah and southern California. (2), (3)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Habitat

Coniferous forests. (1)

Season

Adults are most often reported from July to October. (2), (1)

Food

Unknown. (4)

See Also

Euxoa satis with a larger dark elliptical orbicular spot.

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D., 1987. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 102; pl. 5.26-27.(5)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (4)

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Noctuoidea of Canada

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the Comosa group of the genus Euxoa Hbn. (Lepidotera: Noctuidae), with descriptions of two new species J. D. Lafontaine, J. R. Byers. 1982. The Canadian Entomologist 114(7): 575-589.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

4.	Pacific Northwest Moths

5.	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.

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 March, 2012 - 7:59pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Steve Morris
Last updated 9 February, 2024 - 11:41am

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