# Euxoa catenula

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Species of moth

Euxoa catenula Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: Noctuidae Genus: Euxoa Species: E. catenula Binomial name Euxoa catenula Grote, 1879 Synonyms Agrotis catenula Porosagrotis catenula Carneades contagionis Euxoa lindseyi

***Euxoa catenula*** is a species of [moth](/source/Moth) of the family [Noctuidae](/source/Noctuidae) [first described](/source/Species_description) by [Augustus Radcliffe Grote](/source/Augustus_Radcliffe_Grote) in 1879. It is found in North America from southern [Saskatchewan](/source/Saskatchewan) west to southern [Vancouver Island](/source/Vancouver_Island), south to [Kansas](/source/Kansas), [New Mexico](/source/New_Mexico), [Arizona](/source/Arizona) and southern [California](/source/California).

The [wingspan](/source/Wingspan) is 34–37 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September.

The larvae feed on *[Oxytropis](/source/Oxytropis)*, *[Melilotus alba](/source/Melilotus_alba)*, *[Lupinus](/source/Lupinus)*, *[Salsola kali](/source/Salsola_kali)* and *[Viola pedatifida](/source/Viola_pedatifida)*.

## External links

- Anweiler, G. G. (November 19, 2003). ["Species Details *Euxoa catenula*"](https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-3858). *[University of Alberta](/source/University_of_Alberta) Museums*. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 12, 2020.

- ["933404.00 – 10809 – *Euxoa catenula* – (Grote, 1879)"](http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=10809). *North American Moth Photographers Group*. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 12, 2020.

- ["*Euxoa catenula* (Grote 1879)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080510105848/http://www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/ndmoths/names/10809.htm). *Moths of North Dakota*. Archived May 10, 2008.

Taxon identifiers Euxoa catenula Wikidata: Q5414793 BAMONA: Euxoa-catenula BOLD: 16019 BugGuide: 540813 CoL: 3DFSM EoL: 448884 GBIF: 1773093 iNaturalist: 219927 IRMNG: 11352642 ITIS: 938672 LepIndex: 249378 MONA: 10809 NatureServe: 2.862650 NCBI: 946284 Open Tree of Life: 1073401

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