Euxoa pleuritica (Grote)
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Euxoa pleuritica (Grote) |
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15. Euxoa pleuritica (Grote) View in CoL
( Fig. 18, Map 11)
Identification: Forewing length 14.0–18.0 mm. Forewing ground color is brown with basal, median, and subterminal areas cream. Orbicular and reniform spots are gray outlined in cream. Main wing veins (R. M, and Anal) are highlighted gray. Hindwing is dirty white with costa, outer margin, and veins gray.
Flight period: September.
Collected localities: North Carolina: Haywood Co., Mt. Sterling Trail. (1 specimen)
Elevation range: 4400 ft. (1341 m)
MAP 11. Collecting localities of Euxoa pleuritica .
General distribution: This is a boreal species occurring across southern Canada and the northern United States from southern Quebec and eastern Massachusetts west to British Columbia and southern Washington. In the Rocky Mountain region it occurs as far south as northern New Mexico, northeastern Arizona, and central Idaho ( Lafontaine 1987) .
Larval hosts: Only host record is that of Russian thistle ( Salsola kali L., Chenopodiaceae ) ( Cook 1930).
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