Xestia tecta

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Xestia tecta
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Domain: Eukaryota
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 tectaHübner, 1808
  • Noctua amplaHübner, 1809
  • Anomogyna nolensCorti & Draudt, 1933
  • Pachnobia roostaSmith, 1903
  • Pachnobia tecta ab. gaunitziNordström, 1937
  • Agrotis tectoidesCorti, 1926

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.

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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.).

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