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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) » ridingsiana group (Euxoa ridingsiana group) » Polished Dart Moth  - Hodges#10865 (Euxoa perpolita)

Species Euxoa perpolita - Polished Dart Moth - Hodges#10865

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · 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 (ridingsiana group)
Species perpolita (Polished Dart Moth - Hodges#10865)
Hodges Number
10865
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euxoa perpolita (Morrison, 1876)
Agrotis perpolita Morrison, 1876
Carneades exculta Smith, 1900
Euxoa criddlei Smith, 1908
Phylogenetic sequence # 933481
Numbers
Size
Forewing length 14-17 mm.(1),(2)
Identification
Description at Pacific Northwest Moths
Range
British Columbia and Montana to Newfoundland and south to Massachusetts.(1)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Habitat
Dry woodlands of jackpine and aspen forests. (1)
Season
The main flight period appears to be July through September. (3)
Food
Larval host is unknown.(1)
See Also
Euxoa excogita
Euxoa punctigera
Print References
Lafontaine, J.D., 1987. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 151; pl. 8.45-46.(2)
Morrison, H.K. 1876. Descriptions of new North American Noctuidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. p. 237.
Smith, J.B. 1908. New species and genera of the Lepidopterous family Noctuidae for 1907. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. p. 97
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (1)
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.Pacific Northwest Moths
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 February, 2013 - 2:08pm
Last updated 4 April, 2014 - 11:53pm

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