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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Noctuini » Noctuina » Xestia » Xestia mustelina - Hodges#10971 (Xestia mustelina)

Species Xestia mustelina - Hodges#10971

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Noctuini

Subtribe Noctuina

Genus Xestia

Species mustelina (Xestia mustelina - Hodges#10971)

Hodges Number

10971

Size

Forewing length is 14-16 mm, wingspan 32-38 mm.

Identification

The forewing is pale pinkish gray to gray with large discal spots outlined in black. Hindwings are pale smoky brown. (1), (2)

Range

Species occurs in the Pacific Northwest from British Columbia south to California.

Habitat

Found mainly in wet conifer forests.

Season

Adults fly mainly from mid-July to September.

Food

Larval feed on a variety of conifer species, especially Douglas-fir, true firs (Abies spp.), and hemlocks (Tsuga).

See Also

Might be confused with Anaplectoides pressus, but there usually is some green in the forewing. CBIF photos of both species

Jim Vargo photo at Moth Photographers Group

Internet References

All-Leps

CBIF photo

Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands

Works Cited

1.	Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands Jeffrey Miller, Paul Hammond. 2000. USDA Forest Service, FHTET-98-18.

2.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuiodea, Noctuinae, Noctuini (Part), Fascicle 27.3 J. Donald LaFontaine. 1998. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by John Davis on 6 September, 2007 - 7:05pm
Last updated 25 February, 2008 - 1:37pm

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