Bug FAQEuclidia ardita
Euclidia ardita · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Erebidae
No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Euclidia ardita has a wingspan of about 32 mm. It occurs from British Columbia down through California.
Source: Wikipedia
Size
The wingspan is roughly 32 mm.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 7 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oklahoma, Arkansas.
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Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
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Source: GBIF
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Salt Marsh MothEstigmene acreaDamages trees, gardens or cropsSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclidia_ardita
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Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.