Xestia speciosa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Genus
- Xestia
- Species
- Xestia speciosa
- Scientific Name
- Xestia speciosa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Xestia speciosa
Xestia speciosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in northern Europe, including Fennoscandia, the Baltic region, parts of Russia, north Asia, the Pacific Ocean and Japan. It is also found in the mountainous areas of central and southern Europe and north-western North America.
Some authors treat Xestia apropitia as a valid species, while Mikkola, Lafontaine, and Kononenko (1996) placed it as a subspecies of Xestia speciosa.
The wingspan of ssp. speciosa is 38–50 mm. Subspecies arctica has a wingspan of 36–45 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation.
The larvae feed on various low-growing plants, including Vaccinium myrtillus, Lonicera nigra, and Betula nana.
...Xestia speciosa in languages:
- Bokmål
- grått taigafly
- Czech
- osenice mramorovaná
- Danish
- Nordlig glansugle
- Estonian
- laane-kidaöölane
- Finnish
- kirjoharmoyökkönen
- French
- Noctuelle spécieuse
- German
- Bergwald-Bodeneule
- Japanese
- アルプスヤガ
- Korean
- 높은산밤나방
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