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Species Euxoa dargo - Hodges#10836

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Euxoa dargo - Hodges #10836 - Euxoa dargo
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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 dargo (Euxoa dargo - Hodges#10836)

Hodges Number

10836

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euxoa dargo (Strecker, 1898)
Agrotis dargo Strecker, 1898
Paragrotis dargo (Strecker, 1898)
Synonym
Carneades rumatana Smith, 1903
Phylogenetic sequence # 933459 (1)

Numbers

Size

Wingspan is 27-29 mm.

Habitat

Euxoa dargo is known from shortgrass and sagebrush grasslands.

Season

Pohl, et al. (2010) reported a flight period of late August to early September. (2)
Moth Photographers Group includes some November records. (3)

Food

Larvae are known to feed on Salsola L. species (Russian thistle) and corn.

See Also

Euxoa niveilinea

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D., 1987. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 135; pl. 7, fig. 45. (4)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (5)
Moth Photographers Group (3)
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

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. An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada
Gregory R. Pohl, Gary G. Anweiler, B. Christian Schmidt, Norbert G. Kondla. 2010. ZooKeys 38: 1–549.
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.Pacific Northwest Moths
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 November, 2013 - 2:54pm
Last updated 4 April, 2014 - 11:40pm

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