Euxoa dargo

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.

Euxoa dargo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Euxoa
Species:
E. dargo
Binomial name
Euxoa dargo
(Strecker, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Agrotis dargo Strecker, 1898
  • Carneades rumatana Smith, 1903

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

    • 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.


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