Biology:Xestia wockei

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Short description: Species of moth

Xestia wockei
Xestia wockei - Hampson.png
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Xestia
Species:
X. wockei
Binomial name
Xestia wockei
(Möschler, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Agrotis wockei Möschler, 1862
  • Pachnobia wockei
  • Agrotis voccei Hampson, 1903
  • Agrotis aldani Herz, 1903

Xestia wockei is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is known from Siberia and northern North America, including Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories and Yukon.

Subspecies

  • Xestia wockei wockei
  • Xestia wockei troubridgei[2] Lafontaine, 1998
  • Xestia wockei aldani (Herz, 1903)
  • Xestia wockei tundrana (A.Bang-Haas, 1912) (South Siberian Mountains, Central Yakutian Lowland and the mountains of north-eastern Siberia)[3]

Xestia scropulana was generally included in X. wockei, but more recent authors usually treat it as distinct species.

References

  1. Xestia at funet
  2. Ferris, C. D., Kruse, J. J., Lafontaine, J. D., Philip, K. W., Schmidt, B. C., & Sikes, D. S. (2012). A checklist of the moths of Alaska. Zootaxa, 3571(1), 1-25.
  3. Noctuinae (Noctuidae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum

Wikidata ☰ Q8043954 entry