Xestia perquiritata

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Xestia perquiritata
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Male Xestia perquiritata orca
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Male Xestia perquiritata orca
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X. perquiritata
Binomial name
Xestia perquiritata
(Morrison, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Polia perquiritataMorrison, 1875
  • Anomogyna perquiritata
  • Agrotis baileyanaGrote, 1880
  • Aplectoides beddeciHampson, 1913
  • Anomogyna partitaMcDunnough, 1921
  • Anomogyna clarkeiBenjamin, 1933

Xestia perquiritata, the boomerang dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Herbert Knowles Morrison in 1874. [1] [2] It is found across North America from Newfoundland, Labrador and northern New England, west to central Yukon, British Columbia and Washington. There are several disjunct populations, including one in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and a coastal bog in central Oregon.

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The wingspan is 38–45 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on various spruce-fir species. They have been reared on Picea glauca , Picea engelmannii , Abies balsamea and Abies lasiocarpa .

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References

  1. Crabo, L. G.; Davis, M.; Hammond, P.; Mustelin, T & Shepard, J. (2013). "Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae)". Zookeys. 264: 85–123. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.264.4304
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (August 29, 2020). "Xestia perquiritata (Morrison, 1875)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 11, 2020.