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Euxoa chimoensis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Quebec and Labrador. It is known only from three specimens. It is considered rarely seen, but there is a possibility it is not rare in the coastal eastern arctic.

Euxoa chimoensis
female (top) female (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Euxoa
Species:	E. chimoensis
Binomial name
Euxoa chimoensis Hardwick, 1966

It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Euxoa macleani.

Adults have been collected in July.

The larvae probably eat leaves, and are probably polyphagous.

External links

• Species info
• A Synopsis of the westermanni Group of the Genus Euxoa Hbn. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) With Descriptions of Two New Species^{[permanent dead link]}

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