Euxoa chimoensis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Quebec and Labrador. It is known only from three specimens. It is considered rarely seen, but there is a possibility it is not rare in the coastal eastern arctic.
Euxoa chimoensis | |
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female (top) female (bottom) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Euxoa |
Species: | E. chimoensis
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Binomial name | |
Euxoa chimoensis Hardwick, 1966
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It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Euxoa macleani.
Adults have been collected in July.
The larvae probably eat leaves, and are probably polyphagous.
External links
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- A Synopsis of the westermanni Group of the Genus Euxoa Hbn. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) With Descriptions of Two New Species[permanent dead link]