Biology:Xylena curvimacula

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Short description: Species of moth

Xylena curvimacula
Xylena curvimacula 01.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Xylenini
Subtribe: Xylenina
Genus: Xylena
Species:
X. curvimacula
Binomial name
Xylena curvimacula
(Morrison, 1874)

Xylena curvimacula, known generally as the swordgrass moth or dot-and-dash swordgrass moth, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It lives in North America.[1][2][3]

The MONA or Hodges number for X. curvimacula is 9874.[4]

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q13490467 entry