{{short description|Species of moth}} {{more footnotes|date=June 2018}} {{Speciesbox | image = Euxoa tessellata.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Euxoa tessellata | authority = ([[Thaddeus William Harris|Harris]], 1841) | synonyms ={{Specieslist |Agrotis tessellata|Harris, 1841 |Mamestra insulsa|Walker, 1856 |Agrotis insignata|Walker, [1857] |Agrotis perlentans|Walker, [1857] |Agrotis maizi|(Fitch, 1864) |Agrotis atropurpurea|Grote, 1877 |Agrotis tesselloides|Grote, 1882 |Agrotis finis|Smith, 1888 |Agrotis remota|Smith, 1890 |Carneades flaviscapula|Smith, 1900 |Carneades noctuiformis|Smith, 1900 |Carneades neotelis|Smith, 1900 |Carneades atrofusca|Smith, 1900 |Carneades objurgata|Smith, 1900 |Carneades cariosus|Smith, 1900 |Carneades nordica|Smith, 1900 |Carneades caesia|Smith, 1900 |Carneades acutifrons|Smith, 1900 |Carneades laminis|Smith, 1900 |Euxoa marinensis|McDunnough, 1941 |Euxoa caesia|Smith, 1900 |Euxoa cariosa|Smith, 1900 }} }}
'''''Euxoa tessellata''''', the '''tessellate dart''' or '''striped cutworm''' is a [[moth]] of the family [[Noctuidae]]. It is the most widespread ''Euxoa''-species in [[North America]]. It is found from [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]] to [[Alaska]], south in the west to [[California]], [[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]], south in the east to [[Florida]]. It seems to be absent from [[Texas]] and adjacent eastern states.
The [[wingspan]] is 30–38 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September.
The larvae feed on tobacco, various garden crops, as well as the leaves of apple, cherry and pear.
The '''''tessellata''''' '''GROUP''' in North America consists of two species - '''''E. tessellata''''' and '''''E. plagigera'''''. The two species are dissimilar in appearance, but are related by genital features [[Lepidoptera genitalia]]. They will hybridize in the lab, but the result is a sterile offspring.<ref>Lafontaine, J. D., 1987. ''Noctuoidea: Noctuidae'' (part) in Dominick, R. B., et al., The Moths of America North of Mexico, fasc. 27.2</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=10805 Images] *[http://bugguide.net/node/view/63671 Bug Guide] *[http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/zt01215p096.pdf The Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A.]
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[[Category:Euxoa]] [[Category:Moths of North America]] [[Category:Moths described in 1841]]
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