Xestia tecta

Xestia tecta is a moth of 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 Europe it occurs in northern and central Siberia and the north-western USA including Alaska as well as north-western and central Canada.

Xestia tecta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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.).

Subspecies
  • Xestia tecta tecta
  • Xestia tecta tectoides (Corti, 1926) (Labrador)

References
  • 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
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