Biology:Xestia verniloides

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Short description: Species of moth

Xestia verniloides
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Xestia
Species:
X. verniloides
Binomial name
Xestia verniloides
Lafontaine, 1998

Xestia verniloides is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae.[1][2] It was described by J. Donald Lafontaine in 1998 and is found in North America.[2]

The MONA or Hodges number for Xestia verniloides is 10973.1.[3] [4]

References

  • Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys, vol. 40, 1–239.
  • Lafontaine, J. Donald / Dominick, R. B. et al., eds. (1998). "Noctuoidea Noctuidae (part) Noctuinae (part - Noctuini)". The Moths of America North of Mexico, fasc. 27.3, 348.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13498828 entry