- Garden Dart
Taxobox
name = Garden Dart
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
familia =Noctuidae
subfamilia =Noctuinae
tribus =Agrotini
genus = "Euxoa "
species = "E. nigricans"
binomial = "Euxoa nigricans"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus,1761 The Garden Dart ("Euxoa nigricans") is a
moth of the familyNoctuidae . It is distributed throughoutEurope .This is a rather drab species, forewings ranging from pale to dark brown with indistinct markings. The hindwings are white with a grey fringe. The
wingspan is 32-40 mm. This moth flies at night in July and August ref|flight_season and is attracted to light and many differentflower s.The
larva is green or brown with two white stripes down each side. It feeds on a range of plants (see list below). The species overwinters as an egg.# "The flight season refers to the
British Isles . This may vary in other parts of the range."Recorded food plants
*"
Allium "
*"Beta" -Beet
*"Brassica "
*"Daucus" -Carrot
*"Gossypium" -Cotton plant
*"Lactuca " - Lettuce
*"Pastinaca" -Parsnip
*"Phaseolus "
*Poaceae - Grasses
*"Polygonum " - Knotgrass
*"Solanum" -Potato
*"Trifolium" -Clover
*"Vitis" -Grape External links
* [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/noctuinae/euxoa/index.html#nigricans Garden Dart at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera pages]
References
*Chinery, Michael "Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe" 1986 (Reprinted 1991)
*Skinner, Bernard "Colour Identification Guide to Moths of the British Isles" 1984
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