HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp

Clickable Guide

Calendar

Upcoming Events

Summer 2025 gathering in Louisiana, July 19-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

TaxonomyBrowse

Info

ImagesLinksBooksData

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) » comosa group (Euxoa comosa group) » Euxoa lineifrons - Hodges#10784 (Euxoa lineifrons)

Species Euxoa lineifrons - Hodges#10784

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

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 (comosa group)

Species lineifrons (Euxoa lineifrons - Hodges#10784)

Hodges Number

10784

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euxoa lineifrons (Smith, 1890)

Carneades lineifrons Smith 1890

Phylogenetic sequence # 933406 (1)

Size

Forewing length 15–17 mm. (2)

Smith (1890) listed a wingspan of 33 mm.

Identification

Smith (1890) original description is available online in the print references.

Range

Utah to Colorado, Montana, and Idaho.

Season

Lafontaine (1987) reported a flight period of late July to mid-September.(2)

Food

The host plant is unknown but probably various herbaceous vegetation as other members of the genus.

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D., 1987. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.2. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 100; pl. 5, figs. 16-17. (3)

Smith, J.B., 1890. Revision of the species of the genus Agrotis. Bulletin of the United States Museum 38, p. 219.

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (2)

Moth Photographers Group (4)

The 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.	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.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 December, 2013 - 3:32pm
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 9:13am

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Printer Friendly Version