Biology:Xestia gelida
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Xestia |
| Species: | X. gelida
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| Xestia gelida (Sparre Schneider, 1883)
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Xestia gelida is a species of moth belonging to the family Noctuidae,[2] found in Fennoscandia and northern Russia. It was first collected by Jacob Sparre Schneider on an expedition in Sør-Varanger, Norway in 1882, and was described the following year.[3] This was the only specimen known in Norway until 2010, when it was rediscovered in Nord-Trøndelag.[4]
The larvae are known to feed on Vaccinium myrtillus (European blueberry) and Taraxacum (dandelion). The adults are active from June to July.[5]
The species is considered endangered in the 2015 Norwegian Red List and vulnerable in the 2020 Swedish Red List, primarily due to habitat loss.[6][5]
In 1989, it was found to exhibit industrial melanism, possibly the first known case among subarctic fauna.[7]
References
- ↑ "Xestia (Pachnobia) gelida (Sparre-Schneider, 1883) | Fauna Europaea". https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ba94f444-bdda-4c18-87be-f19c0f32c0ab.
- ↑ "LepIndex - gelida". https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=250824.
- ↑ Sparre Schneider, Jacob (1883). "Fortsatte bidrag til kundskaben om Syd-Varangers Lepidopterfauna". Entomologisk Tidskrift 4: 63-88. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27882078.
- ↑ Aarvik, Leif; Christiansen, Claus (21 June 2011). "Xestia gelida (Sparre Schneider, 1883) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) rediscovered in Norway". Norwegian Journal of Entomology 58 (1). http://www.entomologi.no/journals/nje/2011-1/pdf/nje-vol58-no1-aarvik.pdf.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Fjällskogsfly – Artfakta från SLU Artdatabanken". Swedish Species Information Centre. https://artfakta.se/naturvard/taxon/xestia-gelida-101984.
- ↑ "Xestia gelida – Norsk rødliste for arter". Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre. https://artsdatabanken.no/Rodliste2015/rodliste2015/Norge/47757.
- ↑ Mikkola, K. (1989). "The first case of industrial melanism in the subarctic lepidopteran fauna: Xestia gelida f. inferna f.n. (Noctuidae)". Notulae Entomologicae 69 (1): 1-3.
Wikidata ☰ Q13856327 entry
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