Xylena cineritia

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Xylena cineritia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Xylena
Species:
X. cineritia
Binomial name
Xylena cineritia
(Grote, 1875)

Xylena cineritia, the gray swordgrass moth, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in northern North America, from New Jersey to Newfoundland and from California to British Columbia. [1] [2] [3]

It eats alder, birch, blueberry, Buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis), elder (Sambucus spp.), maple, meadowsweet, oak, poplar, rose, and willow. [4]

The MONA or Hodges number for Xylena cineritia is 9876. [5]

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References

  1. "Xylena cineritia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Xylena cineritia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. "Species Xylena cineritia - Gray Swordgrass - Hodges#9876".
  4. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Xylena cineritia" . Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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