Euxoa tessellata

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Euxoa tessellata
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E. tessellata
Binomial name
Euxoa tessellata
(Harris, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Agrotis tessellataHarris, 1841
  • Mamestra insulsaWalker, 1856
  • Agrotis insignataWalker, [1857]
  • Agrotis perlentansWalker, [1857]
  • Agrotis maizi(Fitch, 1864)
  • Agrotis atropurpureaGrote, 1877
  • Agrotis tesselloidesGrote, 1882
  • Agrotis finisSmith, 1888
  • Agrotis remotaSmith, 1890
  • Carneades flaviscapulaSmith, 1900
  • Carneades noctuiformisSmith, 1900
  • Carneades neotelisSmith, 1900
  • Carneades atrofuscaSmith, 1900
  • Carneades objurgataSmith, 1900
  • Carneades cariosusSmith, 1900
  • Carneades nordicaSmith, 1900
  • Carneades caesiaSmith, 1900
  • Carneades acutifronsSmith, 1900
  • Carneades laminisSmith, 1900
  • Euxoa marinensisMcDunnough, 1941
  • Euxoa caesiaSmith, 1900
  • Euxoa cariosaSmith, 1900

Euxoa tessellata, the tessellate dart or striped cutworm is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is the most widespread Euxoa-species in North America. It is found from Newfoundland to Alaska, south in the west to California, Arizona, New Mexico, south in the east to Florida. It seems to be absent from Texas and adjacent eastern states.

The wingspan is 30–38 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September.

The larvae feed on tobacco, various garden crops, as well as the leaves of apple, cherry and pear.

The tessellataGROUP in North America consists of two species - E. tessellata and E. plagigera. The two species are dissimilar in appearance, but are related by genital features Lepidoptera genitalia. They will hybridize in the lab, but the result is a sterile offspring. [1]

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<i>Euxoa</i> Genus of moths

Euxoa is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae raised to Genus by the German entomologist, Jacob Hübner. The Genus is mostly confined to dry and semi dry areas in the Northern Hemisphere. There 130 species in Eurasia, a few in Africa, and 175 in North America. There are no species in the Genus in South-East Asia or in Australia. In North America, most species are found in Western regions. Of the North American species, 4 are endemic to Mexico. There is one species recorded from Chile, but this may be a mislabeled specimen. In real terms, species numbers do not equal species abundance. Some areas with few species have large numbers of the ones that do live there.

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

Euxoa nomas is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae described by Nikolay Grigoryevich Erschoff in 1874. It is found in Iran and Turkestan, as well as Alaska and Canada.

Euxoa campestris, the flat dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1875. It is found in North America from Newfoundland to Alaska, south to New England and southern Canada from southern Quebec west to British Columbia. In the west it is distributed southward in the Rocky Mountains to southern New Mexico, east-central Arizona, and central Utah. In the east it occurs in the Appalachians in eastern Kentucky and in western North Carolina.

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

Euxoa adumbrata, the sordid dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1842. In North America it is found across northern Canada from Quebec to western Alaska, south to the northern parts of the United States, and in the mountains to Colorado. It is also found in Greenland, the coastal areas of Scandinavia and the Ural. It was recently recorded from Denmark, although this includes Euxoa lidia, which some authors regard to be a valid species.

Euxoa occidentalis is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It was described by J. Donald Lafontaine and J.R. Byers in 1982 and is found in North America.

<i>Papaipema speciosissima</i> Species of moth

Papaipema speciosissima, the osmunda borer or regal fern borer, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1868 and is found in North America.

<i>Hillia iris</i> Species of moth

Hillia iris, the iris rover, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It was described by Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1839 and is found in North America.

Chaetaglaea fergusoni, or Ferguson's sallow moth, is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It was described by Vernon Antoine Brou Jr. in 1997 and is found in North America.

Dichagyris neoclivis is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It was described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1924 and is found in North America.

<i>Tesagrotis corrodera</i> Species of moth

Tesagrotis corrodera is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It was described by Smith in 1907 and is found in North America.

Papaipema pterisii, the bracken borer moth, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.

Euxoa oberfoelli, or Oberfoell's dart moth, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.

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

Euxoa inconcinna is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.

Euxoa camalpa is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.

Euxoa bifasciata is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.

Euxoa cinnabarina is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918. It is found in North America.

Euxoa serricornis is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.

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

Euxoa westermanni is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.

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

Euxoa vetusta is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.

Euxoa lewisi, the oregon dart, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.

References

  1. Lafontaine, J. D., 1987. Noctuoidea: Noctuidae (part) in Dominick, R. B., et al., The Moths of America North of Mexico, fasc. 27.2