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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) » cursoria group (Euxoa cursoria group) » Euxoa nostra - Hodges#10800 (Euxoa nostra)

Species Euxoa nostra - Hodges#10800

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Euxoa nostra - Hodges #10800 - Euxoa nostra

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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 (cursoria group)

Species nostra (Euxoa nostra - Hodges#10800)

Hodges Number

10800

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euxoa nostra (Smith, 1890)

Agrotis nostra Smith, 1890 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 933425 (2)

Numbers

Size

Forewing length 15–19 mm. (3)

Smith (1890) listed the wingspan 38-40 mm. (1)

Identification

Determined by Chuck Harp.

Range

California to Colorado, north to British Columbia and Alberta. (4)

Season

The main flight period is June to August. (4)

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D., 1987. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 113; pl. 6, figs. 12-13. (5)

Smith, J.B., 1890. Descriptions of some new species of Agrotis Auct. Transactions of The American Entomological Society, 17(1): 55. (1)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (3)

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of some new species of Agrotis (Auct.) John B. Smith. 1890. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 17(1): 41-58.

2.	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 .

3.	Pacific Northwest Moths

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	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.

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 November, 2013 - 3:04pm
Last updated 4 April, 2014 - 11:50pm

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