Euclidia cuspidea

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Euclidia cuspidea
File:Toothed Somberwing.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Euclidia
Species:
E. cuspidea
Binomial name
Euclidia cuspidea
(Hübner, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Drasteria cuspidea Hübner, 1818

Euclidia cuspidea, the toothed somberwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818.[1] It is found in North America from Quebec west to western Alberta, north to the Northwest Territories and south to the Gulf of Mexico.

File:Euclidea cuspidea.JPG

The wingspan is 28–36 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various clovers and grasses.

References

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  • "Euclidia cuspidea (Hübner 1818)". Moths of North Dakota. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
  • "Family: Noctuidae". Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Index. Archived July 7, 2011.

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