Common NameSeton Lake DartSeasonalitylate June though early AugustIdentificationA medium-size to large Euxoa (FW length 1.4-1.8 cm.) with FW yellow-brown or buff-brown with a rather prominent narrow black median band. The other lines are all present, with the AM and PM lines doubled and filled with paler scales. HW darker brown with a pale fringe. Female genitalia bisaccate and the ovipositor lobes without flanges and covered with small conical setae apically; male with short saccular extensions curving away from the cucullus. The median band on the FW and the dark HW will usually identify this species.
Scientific NameEuxoa setoniaCommon Name
Seton Lake Dart
Habitat
Dry woodlands including coniferous forest, poplar groves and wooded areas in valleys on the plains.
Seasonality
late June though early August
Identification
A medium-size to large Euxoa (FW length 1.4-1.8 cm.) with FW yellow-brown or buff-brown with a rather prominent narrow black median band. The other lines are all present, with the AM and PM lines doubled and filled…
A medium-size to large Euxoa (FW length 1.4-1.8 cm.) with FW yellow-brown or buff-brown with a rather prominent narrow black median band. The other lines are all present, with the AM and PM lines doubled and filled with paler scales. HW darker brown with a pale fringe. Female genitalia bisaccate and the ovipositor lobes without flanges and covered with small conical setae apically; male with short saccular extensions curving away from the cucullus. The median band on the FW and the dark HW will usually identify this species.
Conservation
Widespread but uncommon.
Range
From Central AB across southern BC, south to central AZ and NM, east to the Black Hills of SD.
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Page Citation for Euxoa setonia
Page Citation
"Species Details - Euxoa setonia, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-6351. Accessed 03 Dec. 2023.
Authorship
NameAnweiler, G. G.
Rolespecies page author
Date2007
Specimen Information
There are 75 specimens of this Species.
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