''Euclidia cuspidea'', the toothed somberwing, is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. It is found in North America from

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west to western

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, north to the Northwest Territories and south to the

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The

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is 28–36 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June depending on the location. The larvae feed on various clovers and grasses.

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"''Euclidia cuspidea'' (Hübner 1818)"
''Moths of North Dakota''. Retrieved November 14, 2020.

''Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Index''. Archived July 7, 2011. Moths of North America Moths described in 1818 Euclidia {{Euclidiini-stub