{"id":261,"date":"2018-07-20T16:31:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T23:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/?p=261"},"modified":"2018-07-23T14:31:23","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T21:31:23","slug":"euxoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/2018\/07\/20\/euxoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Enigmatic Euxoa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Enigmatic<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<header class=\"css-1y60q53 e10vl5dg1\" style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span class=\"css-1pomevn e10vl5dg2\"><span class=\"luna-pos\">adjective<\/span><\/span><\/header>\n<ol class=\"css-zw8qdz e10vl5dg3\">\n<li class=\"css-2oywg7 e10vl5dg5\" value=\"1\"><span class=\"css-9sn2pa e10vl5dg6\"><span class=\"one-click\">resembling<\/span> an enigma, or a <span class=\"one-click\">puzzling<\/span> <span class=\"one-click\">occurrence,<\/span> <span class=\"one-click\">situation,<\/span> <span class=\"one-click\">etc.;<\/span> <span class=\"one-click\">perplexing;<\/span> <span class=\"one-click\">mysterious.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Euxoa<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">genus of moth, with over 120 species in the PNW, characterized by extreme difficulty in identification due to polymorphism, sexual dimorphism, and wide variation between individuals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_266\" class=\"wp-caption thumbnail aligncenter\" style=\"width: 360px;\">\n    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-266 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/files\/2018\/07\/NTOs_jul18wm-e1532380675692.jpg?resize=360%2C351\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"351\" \/>\n    <figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Non-target catches of adult moths, July 2018 &#8211; three of them are <i>Euxoa<\/i>species.<\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n<p>Identifying <i>Euxoa<\/i> moths by external morphology is extremely difficult. Forewing shape can provide a clue, as can vein and fringe color of the hindwing, but beyond that, one is left with an almost insurmountable challenge. In fact, true species ID can only be accomplished by genitalia dissection and\/or PCR.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the known <strong>crop pests<\/strong> we have in Oregon include:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>E. ochrogaster<\/em>, the red-backed cutworm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>E. auxiliaris<\/em>, army cutworm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>E. messoria<\/em>, darksided cutworm<\/p>\n<p>Other species, including <i>E. punctigera<\/i> and <i>E. vetusta<\/i> are quite common here, according to sighting records, but no one has any idea what the larval foodplants may be, or if they behave differently than related species.<\/p>\n<p>I am currently building an identification key to some of our most common cutworms and armyworms. There is a preview <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/identification\/\">here<\/a>, and as always, feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.oregonstate.edu\/people\/jessica-green\">contact me<\/a> if you have specific questions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enigmatic: adjective resembling an enigma, or a puzzling occurrence, situation, etc.; perplexing; mysterious. Euxoa: genus of moth, with over 120 species in the PNW, characterized by extreme difficulty in identification due to polymorphism, sexual dimorphism, and wide variation between individuals. Identifying Euxoa moths by external morphology is extremely difficult. Forewing shape can provide a clue,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/2018\/07\/20\/euxoa\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8003,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/saiW4b-euxoa","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8003"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions\/268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/cutworm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}