A Xylomoia chagnoni in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/30/2017). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
Xylomoia chagnoni in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Brady O'Brien, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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A Xylomoia chagnoni in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/30/2017). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Xylomoia |
| Species: | X. chagnoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Xylomoia chagnoni Barnes & McDunnough, 1917
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Xylomoia chagnoni, reed canary grass borer moth, reed canary grass borer, or Chang borer moth [sic], is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1917.[1][2][3][4][5] It is found in the Northeastern United States and southeastern Canada[4] west to Wyoming[4][5] and Manitoba.[5] It is named after Gustave Chagnon, the collector.[4]
The wingspan is about 29–30 mm (1.1–1.2 in).[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Xylomoia chagnoni Barnes & McDunnough, 1917". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Xylomoia chagnoni Barnes & McDunnough, 1917". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ "Xylomoia chagnoni Barnes & McDunnough, 1917". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "Species Xylomoia chagnoni - Chang Borer Moth - Hodges#9433". BugGuide. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
- ^ a b c "932416 – 9433 Xylomoia chagnoni Barnes & McDunnough, 1917". Digital Guide to Moth Identification. Moth Photographers Group, Mississippi Entomological Museum. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 40: 127–47. Bibcode:2010ZooK...40....1L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
- Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2015). "Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, III". ZooKeys. 527: 227–236. Bibcode:2015ZooK..527..127L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.527.6151. PMC 4668890. PMID 26692790.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
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