Euxoa detersa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Genus
- Euxoa
- Species
- Euxoa detersa
- Scientific Name
- Euxoa detersa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Euxoa detersa
Euxoa detersa, the rubbed dart, sandhill cutworm or sand cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in North America from Newfoundland to North Carolina, west to Nebraska, north to Alberta and the Northwest Territories.
The wingspan is 30–35 mm. Adults are on wing from July to October. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on corn, various grasses, cranberry, saltwort, sea-rocket, various garden crops and commercial grains.
The larvae construct burrows to feed on underground portions of host plants. They are considered very destructive in fields planted in sandy soils.
...Euxoa detersa in languages:
- English
- Rubbed Dart Moth
- English
- Rubbed Dart
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Euxoa agema
- Euxoa auripennis
- Euxoa brevipennis
- Euxoa castanea
- Euxoa cicatricosa
- Euxoa citricolor
- Euxoa clausa
- Euxoa costata
- Euxoa dargo
- Euxoa detersa
- Euxoa difformis
- Euxoa dodi
- Euxoa foeminalis
- Euxoa furtivus
- Euxoa idahoensis
- Euxoa infracta
- Euxoa inscripta
- Euxoa laetificans
- Euxoa latro
- Euxoa melura
- Euxoa moerens
- Euxoa murdocki
- Euxoa niveilinea
- Euxoa oblongistigma
- Euxoa olivalis
- Euxoa quadridentata
- Euxoa recula
- Euxoa redimicula
- Euxoa servitus
- Euxoa teleboa
- Euxoa tronellus
- Euxoa unica































































































































































