Euxoa declarata, the clear dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in Canada in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon and Manitoba. It is found as far west as central Alaska. In the United States it is also found to Minnesota and North Carolina in the east and Arizona, New Mexico and California in the west.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Euxoa |
Species: | E. declarata
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Binomial name | |
Euxoa declarata (Walker, 1865)
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The wingspan is 31–37 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September. There is one generation per year.
Subspecies
edit- Euxoa declarata declarata
- Euxoa declarata californica (California)
External links
edit- "933378.00 – 10755 – Euxoa declarata – Clear Dart Moth – (Walker, 1865)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- Loh, Tim (September 5, 2018). "Species Euxoa declarata - Clear Dart - Hodges#10755". BugGuide. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- Anweiler, G. G. (October 15, 2003). "Species Details Euxoa declarata". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 15, 2020.