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.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Euclidia |
Species: | E. cuspidea
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Binomial name | |
Euclidia cuspidea (Hübner, 1818)
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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
edit- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Euclidia cuspidea (Hubner 1818)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
External links
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- Anweiler, G. G. (November 17, 2003). "Species Details Euclidia cuspidea". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- "Euclidia cuspidea (Hübner 1818)". Moths of North Dakota. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- "Family: Noctuidae". Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Index. Archived July 7, 2011.