Biology:Xestia perquiritata
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Short description: Species of moth
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| Male Xestia perquiritata orca | |
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| Male Xestia perquiritata orca | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Xestia |
| Species: | X. perquiritata
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| Xestia perquiritata (Morrison, 1874)
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Xestia perquiritata, the boomerang dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Herbert Knowles Morrison in 1874.[1][2] It is found across North America from Newfoundland, Labrador and northern New England, west to central Yukon, British Columbia and Washington (state) . There are several disjunct populations, including one in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and a coastal bog in central Oregon.
The wingspan is 38–45 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on various spruce-fir species. They have been reared on Picea glauca, Picea engelmannii, Abies balsamea and Abies lasiocarpa.
Subspecies
- Xestia perquiritata perquiritata
- Xestia perquiritata beddeki (Hampson, 1913)
- Xestia perquiritata clarkei (Benjamin, 1933)
- Xestia perquiritata orca Crabo & Hammond, 2013 (Pacific Coast of Oregon and Washington)
- Xestia perquiritata partita (McDunnough, 1921)
References
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- ↑ Crabo, L. G.; Davis, M.; Hammond, P.; Mustelin, T & Shepard, J. (2013). "Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae)". Zookeys. 264: 85–123. doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4304
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (August 29, 2020). "Xestia perquiritata (Morrison, 1875)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/noctuinae/xestia/#perquiritata.
External links
- Murray, Tom (September 3, 2008). "Species Xestia perquiritata - Hodges#10962". https://bugguide.net/node/view/221544.
- "The Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A."
- "933606.00 – 10962 – Xestia perquiritata – (Morrison, 1874)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=10962.
- "Species Details Xestia perquiritata". E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. 2007. https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-6223.
Wikidata ☰ Q8043941 entry
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