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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 bolteri - Hodges#10941 (Xestia bolteri)

Species Xestia bolteri - Hodges#10941

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · See Also · Print References · 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 bolteri (Xestia bolteri - Hodges#10941)

Hodges Number

10941

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Xestia bolteri (Smith, 1898)

Noctua bolteri Smith, 1898 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 933587 (2)

Numbers

There are about 50 species of the genus Xestia in America north of Mexico.(3)

Size

Forewing length 16-17 mm.(4), (1)

Identification

Smith (1898) original description is available in online in the print references. (1)

Range

Southeastern Wyoming to New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. (5), (6), (4)

Also found in Mexico.

Habitat

Found in montane coniferous forests.(4)

See Also

Hypotrix alamosa, which has smaller reniform, orbicular and claviform spots than Xestia bolteri. The postmedial line of Hypotrix alamosa touches or almost touches the reniform spot. The ranges do overlap in Arizona.

Hypotrix hueco, has a dentate subterminal line that follows a straight path.

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D., 1998. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3: p. 131; pl. 2.45. (2)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p. 315, pl. 58.22.(4)

Smith, J.B. 1898. Notes on species of Noctua, with descriptions of new forms. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 6: 104. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (7)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Notes on Species of Noctua with Descriptions of New Forms John B. Smith. 1898. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 6: 98-107.

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

3.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

4.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

5.	Moths of Rocky Mountain National Park (USGS)

6.	Survey of Utah Moth Species

7.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 December, 2011 - 10:11am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 30 April, 2023 - 9:33am

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