Euxoa dargo is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Ferdinand Heinrich Hermann Strecker in 1898. It is found in North America from south-eastern Manitoba west to the southern interior of British Columbia, south to Oregon, southern Idaho and northern New Mexico, and east to eastern South Dakota.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Euxoa |
Species: | E. dargo
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Binomial name | |
Euxoa dargo (Strecker, 1898)
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The wingspan is 27–29 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September. There is one generation per year.
Larvae have been recorded on corn and Salsola species.
References
edit- Anweiler, G. G. (October 1, 2003). "Species Details Euxoa dargo". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
- "933459.00 – 10836 – Euxoa dargo – (Strecker, 1898)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 16, 2020.