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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) » detersa group (Euxoa detersa group) » Euxoa cicatricosa - Hodges#10839 (Euxoa cicatricosa)

Species Euxoa cicatricosa - Hodges#10839

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Euxoa cicatricosa Euxoa cicatricosa Euxoa cicatricosa? - Euxoa cicatricosa Euxoa cicatricosa Euxoa - Euxoa cicatricosa
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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 (detersa group)
Species cicatricosa (Euxoa cicatricosa - Hodges#10839)

Hodges Number

10839

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euxoa cicatricosa (Grote & Robinson, 1865)
Agrotis cicatricosa Grote & Robinson, 1865
Synonyms
Carneades neomexicana Smith, 1890
Setagrotis ducalis Smith, 1907
Euxoa teplia Smith, 1910
Phylogenetic sequence # 933462 (1)

Size

forewing length 11-16 mm (2)
Grote & Robinson (1865) reported the wingspan of one female as 1.10" (27.94 mm.).

Identification

Determined by Lars Crabo.

Range

Central Saskatchewan west to south-central British Columbia and south to northern Texas, southern New Mexico, central Arizona and southern California (2)
Holotype collected in "Colorado Territory".

Habitat

very arid habitats with sparse vegetation and soil is loose sand or gravel (2)

Season

The main flight period is late August to late October (2)

See Also

Euxoa cinereopallidus

Print References

Grote, A.R. & C.T. Robinson, 1865. Lepidopterological notes and descriptions. - No. 1. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4. p. 492; plate 3, fig. 4.
Lafontaine, J.D., 1987. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 137; plate 7, figs. 51-54.(2)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (3)
Moth Photographers Group (4)
University of Alberta, E. H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.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 .
2.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.
3.Pacific Northwest Moths
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 November, 2012 - 10:35pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 23 October, 2025 - 7:15pm

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