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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) » infausta group (Euxoa infausta group) » Euxoa satiens - Hodges#10792 (Euxoa satiens)

Species Euxoa satiens - Hodges#10792

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Euxoa satiens - Hodges #10792 - Euxoa satiens

Noctuidae: Euxoa satiens - Euxoa satiens

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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 (infausta group)

Species satiens (Euxoa satiens - Hodges#10792)

Hodges Number

10792

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euxoa satiens (Smith, 1890)

Agrotis satiens Smith, 1890 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 933421 (2)

Size

Smith (1890) listed a wingspan of 34-38 mm. (1)

Identification

The elliptical orbicular spot is close to the reniform. (3)

Photo identified by Lars Crabo.

Range

Western United States and southwestern Canada.

Moth Photographers Group - large range map with some collection dates.

Season

The average flight period is July through October. (4)

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D., 1987. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 108; pl. 5.56-60. (5)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (3)

Moth Photographers Group (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of some new species of Agrotis (Auct.) John B. Smith. 1890. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 17(1): 41-58.

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.	Pacific Northwest Moths

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

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 23 November, 2012 - 10:30pm
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 19 May, 2019 - 7:07pm

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