Xestia tecta
Species of moth
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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.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Xestia |
| Species: | X. tecta |
| Binomial name | |
| Xestia tecta (Hübner, 1808) | |
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The wingspan is 32–41 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August. Males are nocturnal, and females are active in the afternoon. The larva are reddish brown, and have a white lateral band.[4] The species takes two years to reach maturity.
The larvae feed on dwarf birch (Betula nana), and hardwood shrubs such as huckleberries in the genus Vaccinium.[1][3]
Subspecies
- Xestia tecta tecta
- Xestia tecta tectoides (Corti, 1926) (Labrador)
