Euxoa comosa

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Euxoa comosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Euxoa
Species:
E. comosa
Binomial name
Euxoa comosa
(Morrison, 1876)
Synonyms
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  • Agrotis comosaMorrison, 1876
  • Carneades atropulvereaSmith, 1900
  • Carneades ternariaSmith, 1900
  • Euxoa brunneigera masoniCockerell, 1905
  • Euxoa ternaria
  • Agrotis lutulentaSmith, 1890
  • Carneades vulpinaSmith, 1895
  • Euxoa brunneigera latebraBenjamin, 1936
  • Euxoa luteotinctaMcDunnough, 1940
  • Euxoa johnstoniMcDunnough, 1946
  • Agrotis annirStrecker, 1898
  • Carneades dakotaSmith, 1900
  • Euxoa alteraMcDunnough, 1940
  • Carneades ontarioSmith, 1900
  • Euxoa vestituraSmith, 1905
  • Euxoa incallida(Smith, 1890)

Euxoa comosa, the hairy euxoa moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Herbert Knowles Morrison in 1876. It is found in western North America, except the Pacific coast, ranging east through the northern Great Plains, and in the Hudsonian zone to the Atlantic Ocean. It is found in every province and territory of Canada, except Nunavut.

The wingspan is about 32 mm.

Larvae have been recorded on Secale cereale .

Subspecies


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<i>Euxoa mimallonis</i> Species of moth

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<i>Euxoa siccata</i> Species of moth

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<i>Euxoa detersa</i> Species of moth

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Euxoa aequalis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Leon F. Harvey in 1876. It is found in Canada from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Yukon, south into the United States, where it has been recorded from Colorado, Wyoming and California.

<i>Euxoa albipennis</i> Species of moth

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Euxoa brevipennis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Smith in 1888. In Canada, it is found in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. In the United States, it has been recorded from Utah, Colorado and California.

Euxoa castanea is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by J. Donald Lafontaine in 1981. It is found in North America from the North Dakota, South Dakota and south-western Manitoba west to central western British Columbia, north to the Northwest Territories and south in the mountains to Arizona and New Mexico.

<i>Euxoa choris</i> Species of moth

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<i>Euxoa citricolor</i> Species of moth

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Euxoa dargo is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by 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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