Biology:Xestia tecta
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Short description: Species of moth
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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
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| Xestia tecta (Hübner, 1808)
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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.[1][2][3]
The wingspan is 32–41 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August. Males are nocturnal, and females are active in the afternoon. The larva are reddish brown, and have a white lateral band.[4] The species takes two years to reach maturity.
The larvae feed on dwarf birch (Betula nana), and hardwood shrubs such as huckleberries in the genus Vaccinium.[1][3]
Subspecies
- Xestia tecta tecta
- Xestia tecta tectoides (Corti, 1926) (Labrador)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Species Xestia tecta - Hodges#10936". https://www.bugguide.net/node/view/751507.
- ↑ "Lepiforum Map". https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Xestia_Tecta.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "North American Moth Photographers Group". http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=10936.
- ↑ "Pacific Northwest Moths". http://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/browse/family-noctuidae/subfamily-noctuinae/tribe-noctuini/xestia/xestia-tecta/.
- 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
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q11998864 entry
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