Darksided cutworm facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Darksided cutworm
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Tribe:	Agrotini
Genus:	Euxoa
Species:	E. messoria
Binomial name
Euxoa messoria (Harris, 1841)
Synonyms
Agrotis messoria Harris, 1841 Agrotis spissa Guenée, 1852 Mamestra inextricata Walker, 1865 Mamestra indirecta Walker, 1865 Mamestra displiciens Walker, 1865 Mamestra expulsa Walker, 1865 Agrotis ordinata Walker, 1865 Agrotis reticens Walker, 1865 Agrotis cochranis Riley, 1867 Agrotis repentis Grote & Robinson, 1868 Agrotis friabilis Grote, 1875 Agrotis atrifera Grote, 1878 Carneades territorialis Smith, 1900 Carneades fulda Smith, 1900 Carneades pindar Smith, 1900 Agrotis septentrionalis inordita Barnes & Benjamin, 1926

Euxoa messoria, the darksided cutworm or reaper dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841. It is found from Newfoundland west to Yukon, south to Virginia and Missouri in the east and New Mexico, Arizona and California in the west.

The wingspan is 32–36 mm. The moth flies from July to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the leaves of apple, cultivated vegetables and flowers, as well as various other plants.