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Species Euxoa furtivus - Hodges#10826.1

Euxoa furtivus - Hodges #10826.1 - Euxoa furtivus Euxoa furtivus
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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 furtivus (Euxoa furtivus - Hodges#10826.1 )
Hodges Number
10826.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euxoa furtivus (Smith, 1890)
Agrotis furtivus Smith, 1890
Formerly a synonym of Euxoa idahoensis
Phylogenetic sequence # 933436 (1)
Size
Forewing length 15-18 mm. (2)
Smith (1890) listed a wingspan of 35-38 mm.
Identification
Determination confirmed by Chuck Harp.
Range
California to Colorado to British Columbia and Saskatchewan. (3), (2)
Habitat
dry juniper woodlands and sagebrush steppe at low to middle elevations (2)
Food
The host plant is unknown.
See Also
Euxoa idahoensis was considered synonomous until 2010. (2)
Print References
Lafontaine, J.D., 1987. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 124; pl. 6.37-43. (4)
Smith, J.B., 1890. Descriptions of Some New Species of Agrotis Auct. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 17: 56.
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (2)
Moth Photographers Group (3)
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.Pacific Northwest Moths
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.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.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 November, 2013 - 2:52pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 31 January, 2023 - 3:33pm

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