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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) »  Violet Dart Moth  - Hodges#10810 (Euxoa violaris)

Species Euxoa violaris - Violet Dart Moth - Hodges#10810

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · 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 Euxoa)
Species violaris ( Violet Dart Moth - Hodges#10810)
Hodges Number
10810
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euxoa violaris (Grote(1) & Robinson, 1868)
Agrotis violaris Grote & Robinson, 1868 (2)
Phylogenetic sequence # 933422 (3)
Size
Grote & Robinson (1868) listed the wingspan 36 mm.
Range
Heppner (2003) listed the range to include the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts from Massachusetts to Florida. (4)
Season
The flight period appears to be July to October. (5)
Heppner (2003) reported October in Florida. (4)
Food
Heppner (2003) reported the larval host was unknown. (4)
Print References
Buckett, J.S., 1966. The little known moth Euxoa sculptilis (Harvey) in Arizona, with description, illustrations, and notes on Euxoa violaris (Grote & Robinson (Noctuidae-Agrotiinae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 5(4): 255-261. (6)
Grote, A.R. & C.T. Robinson, 1868. Descriptions of American Lepidoptera, No. 3. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 353; pl. 7, fig. 39.
Lafontaine, J.D., 1987. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 109; pl. 6.1-3. (7)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
New York Natural Heritage Program
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (8)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (9)
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2)
Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .
3.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 .
4.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.The little known moth Euxoa sculptilis (Harvey) in Arizona, with description, illustrations, and notes on ...
J. S. Buckett. 1966. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 5(4): 255-261.
7.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.
8.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
9.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 12 October, 2013 - 10:15am
Additional contributions by Nick Block
Last updated 1 October, 2018 - 1:42am

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