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Euxoa auripennis

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Euxoa auripennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Euxoa
Species:
E. auripennis
Binomial name
Euxoa auripennis
Lafontaine, 1974
Synonyms
  • Euxoa arizonensis Lafontaine, 1974

Euxoa auripennis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by J. Donald Lafontaine in 1974. It is found in western North America from eastern North Dakota and south-western Manitoba west to central British Columbia, south to southern California and Colorado.

The wingspan is 30–34 mm. Adults are on wing in August to September. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on various herbs at the soil surface.

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  • "933441.00 – 10852 – Euxoa auripennis – Lafontaine, 1974". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  • Anweiler, G. G. (March 18, 2004). "Species Details Euxoa auripennis". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  • "Euxoa auripennis [Noctuidae]". Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands. U.S. Geological Survey. Archived June 27, 2013.