Biology:Euxoa citricolor

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Short description: Species of moth

Euxoa citricolor
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Euxoa
Species:
E. citricolor
Binomial name
Euxoa citricolor
(Grote, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Agrotis citricolor Grote, 1880
  • Euxoa postmedialis Draudt, 1924

Euxoa citricolor is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1880. It is found in North America from eastern South Dakota and western North Dakota, northwest to southern Alberta, west to western Washington (state) and south and east to southern California , New Mexico and Colorado.

The wingspan is 34–37 mm. Adults are on wing in August to September. There is one generation per year.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5414803 entry