Xestia tecta (original) (raw)
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Species of moth
| Xestia tecta | |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Xestia |
| Species: | X. tecta |
| Binomial name | |
| Xestia tecta(Hübner, 1808) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Noctua tecta Hübner, 1808_Noctua ampla_ Hübner, 1809_Anomogyna nolens_ Corti & Draudt, 1933_Pachnobia roosta_ Smith, 1903_Pachnobia tecta ab. gaunitzi_ Nordström, 1937_Agrotis tectoides_ Corti, 1926 |
Xestia tecta is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. In Europe, the species is only known from the boreal area of Fennoscandia, north-western Russia and the northern Ural Mountains. Outside of Europe it occurs in northern and central Siberia and the north-western USA including Alaska as well as north-western and central Canada.
The wingspan is 32–41 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. The species takes two years to reach maturity.
The larvae feed on hardwood shrubs such as Huckleberries (Vaccinium spp.).
- Xestia tecta tecta
- Xestia tecta tectoides (Corti, 1926) (Labrador)
- Michael Fibiger: Noctuinae II. In: W. G. Tremewan (Editor.): Noctuidae Europaeae, Vol. 2, Entomological Press, Sorø 1993, page 155/156, ISBN 87-89430-02-6
- Lepiforum
- Bug Guide
- Distribution in USA
- Pacific Northwest Moths
- Fauna Europaea