The Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U. S. A.
Author
Pogue, Michael G.
text
Zootaxa
2006
2006-05-26
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1215.1.1
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12.
Euxoa bostoniensis
(Grote)
(
Figs. 14–15
, Map 8)
Identification:
Forewing length 15.0–17.0 mm. All the species of
Euxoa
treated here have a round unscaled frontal tubercle on the frons and biserrate male antennae. Forewing ground color is gray. The forewing lines, antemedial, median, postmedial, and subterminal are faint, slightly darker than the ground color, and extend from costa to posterior margin. Reniform spot is represented by a faint, small round dot at end of discal cell. Hindwing is white in the male and dark gray in the female.
Flight period:
Collected in midOctober.
MAP 8.
Collecting localities of
Euxoa bostoniensis
.
Collected localities:
Tennessee
:
Cocke Co.
,
Foothills Parkway N
, 4.5 mi from
Hwy.
321. (
2 specimens
)
Elevation range:
1680 ft.
(
512 m
)
General distribution:
In
North America
from southern
Ontario
,
Canada
and
Massachusetts
south to
Virginia
,
Tennessee
, and
southern Missouri
(
Lafontaine 1987
).
There
are two old specimens in the
USNM
, one from Florida and the other from
South Dakota
with no specific locality. These may or may not be accurate localities
.
Larval hosts:
Larvae reared on tobacco (
Nicotania
sp.,
Solanaceae
) (
Lafontaine 1987
).