Species Details
Euxoa teleboa
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SeasonalityAdults have been collected in Alberta in late August and early September.
IdentificationEuxoa teleboa belongs to the detersa group of the subgenus Euxoa. They are medium-size moths (3.0-3.3 cm wingspan) with rusty-orange or yellow-buff forewings crossed by a wide black median band. The hindwings are shining white with a small dark discal crescent. The normal lines are indistinct or absent in most specimens, and the orbicular is reduced to a dark spot. The remainders of the forewings are dusted with scattered grey scales, in particular in the terminal area. E. teleboa can be separated from the similar E. tronella by the prominent wide median band, and from E. setonia by the yellow-brown or rusty orange color (brown in setonia).
Scientific Name
Euxoa teleboa
Habitat
Arid shortgrass prairie, in particular sagebrush grasslands.
Seasonality
Adults have been collected in Alberta in late August and early September.
Identification
Euxoa teleboa belongs to the detersa group of the subgenus Euxoa. They are medium-size moths (3.0-3.3 cm wingspan) with rusty-orange or yellow-buff forewings crossed by a wide black median band. The hindwings are…
Euxoa teleboa belongs to the detersa group of the subgenus Euxoa. They are medium-size moths (3.0-3.3 cm wingspan) with rusty-orange or yellow-buff forewings crossed by a wide black median band. The hindwings are shining white with a small dark discal crescent. The normal lines are indistinct or absent in most specimens, and the orbicular is reduced to a dark spot. The remainders of the forewings are dusted with scattered grey scales, in particular in the terminal area. E. teleboa can be separated from the similar E. tronella by the prominent wide median band, and from E. setonia by the yellow-brown or rusty orange color (brown in setonia).
Life History
There is a single annual brood, with a late summer-fall flight period. Adults come to light.
Conservation
A widespread species at the northern edge of its range in Alberta; no reason for concern.
Diet Info
No information available.
Range
The western Great Plains and eastern Intermontane region from southern Saskatchewan and Alberta south to eastern Nevada, northern Arizona, east to the Texas panhandle, and north through western Kansas, Nebraska and…
The western Great Plains and eastern Intermontane region from southern Saskatchewan and Alberta south to eastern Nevada, northern Arizona, east to the Texas panhandle, and north through western Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. In Alberta it occurs in the arid grasslands north to Dinosaur Provincial Park.
Citation
Page Citation for Euxoa teleboa
Page Citation
"Species Details - Euxoa teleboa, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-2368. Accessed 05 Feb. 2025.
References
Author
Lafontaine, J. Donald
Title
Classification and Phylogeny of the Euxoa detersa Group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
Publication Date
1981
Series Title
Quaestiones Entomologicae
Volume
17
Pages
1-120
Author
Lafontaine, J. Donald
Title
Noctuoidea : Noctuidae (part)
Publication Date
1987
Pages
237
Specimen Information
There are 76 specimens of this Species.
UASM24464 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Dinosaur Provincial Park
Collected ByAnweiler, G. G.
Date Collected1996-08-19
UASM24465 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park
Collected ByAnweiler, G. G.
Date Collected2002-09-01/2002-09-04
UASM24466 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park
Collected ByAnweiler, G. G.
Date Collected2002-09-01/2002-09-04
UASM24574 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park
Collected ByAnweiler, G. G.; Troubridge, J.
Date Collected1999-09-07
UASM58539 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bindloss
Collected ByAnweiler, G. G.; Troubridge, J.
Date Collected2005-09-03
UASM58540 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bindloss
Collected ByAnweiler, G. G.; Troubridge, J.
Date Collected2005-09-03
UASM58541 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bindloss
Collected ByAnweiler, G. G.; Troubridge, J.
Date Collected2005-09-03
UASM58542 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bindloss
Collected ByAnweiler, G. G.; Troubridge, J.
Date Collected2005-09-03
UASM58587 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bindloss
Collected ByAnweiler, G. G.; Troubridge, J.
Date Collected2005-09-03
UASM58609 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bindloss
Collected ByAnweiler, G. G.; Troubridge, J.
Date Collected2005-09-03
UASM58610 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bindloss
Collected ByAnweiler, G. G.; Troubridge, J.
Date Collected2005-09-03
UASM58611 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bindloss
Collected ByAnweiler, G. G.; Troubridge, J.
Date Collected2005-09-03
UASM58975 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bindloss
Collected ByAnweiler, G. G.; Troubridge, J.
Date Collected2005-09-03
UASM111171 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: New Mexico, Lincoln county, Corona
Collected ByHardwick, D. F.
Date Collected1968-09-18
UASM111172 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: Wyoming, Albany county, Laramie
Collected ByFerris, C.
Date Collected2000-08-15
UASM111173 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: Wyoming, Albany county, Laramie
Collected ByFerris, C.
Date Collected2000-08-15
UASM111174 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: Wyoming, Albany county
Collected ByFerris, C.
Date Collected1999-08-26/1999-08-27
UASM111175 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: Wyoming, Albany county
Collected ByFerris, C.
Date Collected1999-08-29/1999-08-30
UASM111176 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: Wyoming, Albany county, Laramie
Collected ByFerris, C.
Date Collected2000-08-15
UASM111177 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: Wyoming, Albany county, Laramie
Collected ByFerris, C.
Date Collected2000-08-15
UASM111178 - Euxoa teleboa
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: Wyoming, Albany county, Laramie
Collected ByFerris, C.
Date Collected2000-08-15