Euxoa costata

Euxoa costata is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It is found in British Columbia, south into the north-western United States where it is abundant in the ponderosa pine forests east of the Cascade Mountains.

Euxoa costata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Euxoa
Species:
E. costata
Binomial name
Euxoa costata
(Grote, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Agrotis costata Grote, 1876

The wingspan is about 34 mm.

References

  1. Lafontaine, J. Donald (January 1982). "Biogeography of the Genus Euxoa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in North America". The Canadian Entomologist. 114 (1): 1–53. doi:10.4039/Ent1141-1. ISSN 1918-3240. S2CID 83976282.


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