Xestia maculata is an owlet moth species found in North America,[1] where it has been recorded from western Canada and Montana. It inhabits open alpine tundra.[2]
Xestia maculata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Xestia |
Species: | X. maculata
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Binomial name | |
Xestia maculata (Smith, 1893)
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References
edit- ^ B. Christian Schmidt; J. Donald Lafontaine, eds. (2010). Annotated Check List of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. PenSoft Publishers. p. 109. ISBN 9546425354.
- ^ Anweiler, G. G. (2007). "Species Details: Xestia maculata". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 28, 2020.