Garden Dart
| Garden Dart | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Tribe: | Agrotini |
| Genus: | Euxoa |
| Species: | E. nigricans |
| Binomial name | |
| Euxoa nigricans Linnaeus, 1761 |
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The Garden Dart (Euxoa nigricans) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe.
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This is a rather drab species, forewings ranging from pale to dark brown with indistinct markings. The hindwings are white with a grey fringe. The wingspan is 32–40 mm. This moth flies at night in July and August [1] and is attracted to light and many different flowers.
The larva is green or brown with two white stripes down each side. It feeds on a range of plants (see list below). The species overwinters as an egg.
- ^ The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.
Recorded food plants
- Allium
- Beta - Beet
- Brassica
- Daucus - Carrot
- Gossypium - Cotton plant
- Lactuca - Lettuce
- Pastinaca - Parsnip
- Phaseolus
- Poaceae - Grasses
- Polygonum - Knotgrass
- Solanum - Potato
- Trifolium - Clover
- Vitis - Grape
- Taraxacum - Dandelion
See Robinson, G. S. et al.[1]
References
- Chinery, Michael Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
- Skinner, Bernard Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles 1984
External links
- Lepiforum
- Funet Taxonomy
- Fauna Europaea
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