Biology:Xestia ornata

Short description: Species of moth

Xestia ornata
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Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Xestia
Species:	X. ornata
Binomial name
Xestia ornata (Staudinger, 1892)
Synonyms
Eugraphe ornata (Staudinger, 1892) Staudinger, 1892 Hydrilla ornata

Xestia ornata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the northern Tien-Shan Mountains through the Pamirs and Hissar-Darwaz system to eastern Afghanistan (Nuristan).

The wingspan is 32–37 mm.

External links

• A Revision of the Palaearctic species of the Eugraphe (Hübner, 1821-1816) Generic complex. Parti. The genera Eugraphe and Goniographa (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Wikidata ☰ Q8043940 entry