# Euxoa aurulenta

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Species of moth

Euxoa aurulenta Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: Noctuidae Genus: Euxoa Species: E. aurulenta Binomial name Euxoa aurulenta (Smith, 1888) Synonyms Agrotis aurulenta Smith, 1890 Euxoa aurulentoides (Strand, 1916)

***Euxoa aurulenta***, commonly known as the **dune cutworm**, is a species of [moth](/source/Moth) in the family [Noctuidae](/source/Noctuidae). The species was [first described](/source/Species_description) by Smith in 1888. It is found in North America from [Ontario](/source/Ontario) west to [Alberta](/source/Alberta) and [Washington](/source/Washington_(state)), south to [Illinois](/source/Illinois), [Nebraska](/source/Nebraska), [Colorado](/source/Colorado) and [Arizona](/source/Arizona).

The [wingspan](/source/Wingspan) is 35–39 mm. Adults are on wing in May to July. There is one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on species of dune grass. In Michigan specimens have been collected near the beach grasses *[Ammophila breviligulata](/source/Ammophila_breviligulata)* and *[Calmovilfa longifolia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Calmovilfa_longifolia&action=edit&redlink=1)*.

## References

- Anweiler, G. G. (November 14, 2003). ["Species Details *Euxoa aurulenta*"](https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-3732). *[University of Alberta](/source/University_of_Alberta) Museums*. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 15, 2020.

- ["933330.00 – 10716 – *Euxoa aurulenta* – (Smith, 1888)"](http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=10716). *North American Moth Photographers Group*. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 15, 2020.

- ["*Euxoa aurulenta* (Smith) dune cutworm"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091222184743/http://web4.msue.msu.edu/mnfi/abstracts/zoology/Euxoa_aurulenta.pdf). *Michigan Natural Features Inventory*. Retrieved November 15, 2020.

Taxon identifiers Euxoa aurulenta Wikidata: Q5414775 BAMONA: Euxoa-aurulenta BOLD: 21717 BugGuide: 610805 EoL: 447615 GBIF: 1773233 iNaturalist: 219918 IRMNG: 10302913 ITIS: 938658 LepIndex: 250073 MONA: 10716 NatureServe: 2.120914 NCBI: 1488777 Open Tree of Life: 3206695

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