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Species Euxoa latro - Hodges#10848

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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 latro (Euxoa latro - Hodges#10848)
Hodges Number
10848
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euxoa latro (Barnes & Benjamin, 1927)
Agrotis latro Barnes & Benjamin, 1927
Phylogenetic sequence # 933450 (1)
Size
Forewing length 12–15 mm. (2)
Identification
Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)

Genitalia:
Range
California to Colorado and British Columbia.
Holotype ♂ from Truckee, California, in USNM, Washington.(4)
Habitat
Pine and conifer forests. (2)
Season
The main flight period appears to be July to October. (5)
See Also
Euxoa moerens
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (2)
Moth Photographers Group (5)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (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.Pacific Northwest Moths
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2)
Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 November, 2013 - 5:32pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 10 February, 2024 - 8:35am

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