Euxoa comosa
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Euxoa comosa is a moth
of the Noctuidae
family. 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.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. It is found in western North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, except the Pacific coast, ranging east through the northern Great Plains
Great Plains
The Great Plains are a broad expanse of flat land, much of it covered in prairie, steppe and grassland, which lies west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada. This area covers parts of the U.S...
, and in the Hudsonian zone to the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
. It is found in every province and territory of Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, except Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is about 32 mm.
Larvae have been recorded on Secale cereale.
Subspecies
- Euxoa comosa altera (Manitoba, North Dakota,…)
- Euxoa comosa annir (Colorado, North Dakota, Alberta,…)
- Euxoa comosa lutulenta (California, ..., Alberta, British Columbia, Oregon, ...)
- Euxoa comosa ontario (Ontario, New Brunswick,…)