Xestia tecta

Xestia tecta is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. In Europe, the species is only known from the boreal area of Fennoscandia, north-western Russia and the northern Ural Mountains. Outside of Europe it occurs in northern and central Siberia and the north-western USA including Alaska as well as north-western and central Canada.

Xestia tecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Xestia
Species:	X. tecta
Binomial name
Xestia tecta (Hübner, 1808)
Synonyms
Noctua tecta Hübner, 1808 Noctua ampla Hübner, 1809 Anomogyna nolens Corti & Draudt, 1933 Pachnobia roosta Smith, 1903 Pachnobia tecta ab. gaunitzi Nordström, 1937 Agrotis tectoides Corti, 1926

The wingspan is 32–41 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. The species takes two years to reach maturity.

The larvae feed on hardwood shrubs such as Huckleberries (Vaccinium spp.).

Subspecies

• Xestia tecta tecta
• Xestia tecta tectoides (Corti, 1926) (Labrador)

References

• Michael Fibiger: Noctuinae II. In: W. G. Tremewan (Editor.): Noctuidae Europaeae, Vol. 2, Entomological Press, Sorø 1993, page 155/156, ISBN 87-89430-02-6

External links

• Lepiforum
• Bug Guide
• Distribution in USA
• Pacific Northwest Moths
• Fauna Europaea