''Euxoa occidentalis'' is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the othe ...
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It was described by J. Donald Lafontaine and J.R. Byers in 1982 and is found in North America.
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The MONA or Hodges number for ''Euxoa occidentalis'' is 10781.1.][Pohl, G.R.; Patterson, B. & Pelham, J.P. (2016). ]
Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
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References
* Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ''ZooKeys'', vol. 40, 1-239.
Further reading
Butterflies and Moths of North America
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Euxoa occidentalis''
* Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press.
Noctuinae
Moths described in 1982
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