Xestia oblata

"Rosy dart" redirects here. For another moth known by that common name, see Diarsia rosaria.

Xestia oblata, known generally as the rosy dart or ruby dart, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.^[1][2][3]

Xestia oblata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Tribe:	Noctuini
Subtribe:	Noctuina
Genus:	Xestia
Species:	X. oblata
Binomial name
Xestia oblata (Morrison, 1875)

The MONA or Hodges number for Xestia oblata is 10947.^[4]

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Xestia oblata:

• Xestia oblata oblata
• Xestia oblata streckeri Barnes & Benjamin, 1927