Moth Photographers Group – Euxoa ochrogaster

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Noctuidae

933424 – 10801 Euxoa ochrogaster (Guenée, 1852)

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Larva and Host Plants:	Host familiy: Asparagaceae[Liliaceae] Amaranthaceae[Chenopodiaceae] Asteraceae Brassicaceae Caryophyllaceae Fabaceae Lamiaceae Poaceae Solanaceae Vitaceae. Host genera: Asparagus Avena Beta Brassica Helianthus Hordeum Medicago Mentha Phaseolus Pisum Raphanus Solanum Triticum Vaccaria Vitis Zea. Notes: polyphagous (Lafontaine 1987); Detritophagous on cereal (Zhang 1994); soil-surface feeding cutworm on general herbaceous vegetation (Crabo et al 2014). (Shropshire & Douglas 2025)
Similar Species:	Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	ochrogaster (Guenée, 1852) (Noctua) - MONA 1983: 10801 cinereomacula (Morrison, 1875) (Agrotis); TL: St. Louis, MO. gularis (Grote, 1875) (Agrotis) illata (Walker, 1857) (Agrotis) insignata (Walker, 1857) (Agrotis) islandica (Staudinger, 1857) (Agrotis) karschi (Graeser, 1890) (Agrotis) rossica (Staudinger, 1881) (Agrotis) sjoestedti Corti, 1929 (Euxoa) subsignata (Walker, 1865) (Agrotis) turris (Grote, 1875) (Agrotis) yarkenda Corti, 1932 (Euxoa)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced.
Lafontaine, J. D., 1987. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.2: p. 112; pl. 6.8-11. order or free PDF
Morrison, H.K., 1875. Descriptions of new Noctuidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17: 164.
Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online)
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at Mass Moths
Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
Species Page at iNaturalist
Species page at Moths of North Dakota.

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