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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 vernilis - Hodges#10973 (Xestia vernilis)

Species Xestia vernilis - Hodges#10973

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Xestia vernilis - Hodges #10973 - Xestia vernilis

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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 vernilis (Xestia vernilis - Hodges#10973)

Hodges Number

10973

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Xestia vernilis (Grote, 1879)

Anomogyna vernilis (Grote, 1879)

Agrotis vernilis Grote, 1879

Phylogenetic sequence # 933579

Size

Grote (1879) listed the wingspan as 40 mm.

forewing length = 17-19 mm (1)

Range

Rocky Mountain Region - Alberta south thru Montana and Idaho to northern New Mexico and central Arizona (1)

Habitat

dry coniferous forest (1)

Season

mid-July to late September (1)

Print References

Grote(2), A.R., 1879. New western Noctuidae. North American Entomologist, 1: 38.

Grote, A.R., 1879. Descriptions of two species of Agrotis, and two of Apatela. The Canadian Entomologist, 11: 57.

Lafontaine, J.D., 1998. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3, p. 122; pl. 3.3-4. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Noctuoidea of Canada

Works Cited

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

2.	Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 15 August, 2013 - 2:04pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 7 February, 2023 - 10:08am

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