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| Euxoa bicollaris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Euxoa |
| Species: | E. bicollaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Euxoa bicollaris (Grote, 1878) | |
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Euxoa bicollaris is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from British Columbia, south to California. [1] [2]
The wingspan is about 32 mm.
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