Moths of North Carolina

Scientific Name:	Common Name:		Family (Alpha):

View PDF	Noctuidae Members:	Euxoa Members:	7 NC Records
Euxoa tessellata (Harris, 1841) - Tessellate Dart

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Taxonomy

Superfamily: Noctuoidea	Family: Noctuidae	Subfamily: Noctuinae	Tribe: Noctuini	P3 Number: 933395	MONA Number: 10805.00	Other Common Name: Striped Cutworm
Comments: One of 181 species that occur in North America north of Mexico (Lafontaine and Schmidt, 2010). Most are Western but 13 have been recorded in North Carolina. Belongs to the Tessalata Group of Subgenus Euxoa.
Species Status: Highly variable but the forms are recognizable based on maculation (Lafontaine, 1987).

Identification

Field Guide Descriptions: Covell (1984); Beadle and Leckie (2012)	Online Resources: MPG, BugGuide, iNaturalist, Google, BAMONA, GBIF, BOLD	Technical Description, Adults: Lafontaine (1987)
Forewing Length: 13 to 18 mm (Lafontaine, 1987)
Adult ID Requirements: Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.

Distribution in North Carolina


Distribution:
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Flight Dates: High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft. Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft. Piedmont (Pd) Coastal Plain (CP) Click on graph to enlarge

Habitats and Life History

Habitats:

Larval Host Plants: Larvae are reportedly highly polyphagous. Among the hosts listed by Heppner (2007) are Box-elder (Acer negundo), Garden Onion (Allium cepa), Garden Lettuce (Lactuca sativa), Common Apple (Malus domestica), Cultivated Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), knotweed (Polygonum), Peach (Prunus persica), Common Pear (Pyrus communis), dock (Rumex), Garden Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), clover (Trifolium), grape (Vitis), and Corn (Zea mays). - View

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Status in North Carolina

Natural Heritage Program Status: [W-PK]

Natural Heritage Program Ranks: G5 SNR [S2S3]

State Protection: Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.

Comments:

Euxoa tessellata (Harris, 1841) - Tessellate Dart