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Noctuidae
933596 – 10959   Xestia speciosa (Hübner, [1813])
Distribution Data for Xestia speciosa
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Synonymy:
  • obscura (Frey, 1880) (Agrotis)
  • schoennherri (Guenée, 1852) (Aplecta)
  • aegrota (Alphéraky, 1897) (Platagrotis)
  • janae (Herz, 1903) (Agrotis)
  • modesta (Warnecke, 1962) (Aplectoides)
  • rybatchiensis (Kozhantschikov, 1933) (Aplectoides)
  • virescens (Turati, 1912) (Agrotis)
  • ussurica Kononenko, 1984 (Xestia)
  • viridescens (Turati, 1919) (Aplectoides)
  • speciosa (Hübner, [1813]) (Noctua) extralim. - MONA 1983: 10959
  • speciosa (Hübner, [1813]) (Noctua) extralim. - MONA 1983: 10959
  • ssp. a. aklavicensis (Benjamin, 1933) (Anomogyna)
  • ssp. b. apropitia (Benjamin, 1933) (Anomogyna)
  • schoenherri (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852) (Ophiusa)
  • apropritia Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010 (Xestia) missp. (synonym of ssp. apropitia)
  • ssp. c. arctica (Zetterstedt, 1839) (Hadena) (excl.)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Xestia speciosa (Hübner, [1813]), n. comb. (Lafontaine 1998), was formerly placed in the genus Anomogyna; ncludes as subspecies Xestia apropitia and Xestia aklavikensis.
    References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Lafontaine, J. D., 1998. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3: p. 141; pl. 3.43-45. order or free PDF
    • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 58.23f; p. 316. Book Review and ordering
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
    • Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
    Xestia speciosa
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    Xestia speciosa
    LG – © Jim Troubridge
    Xestia speciosa
    39mm – © Jim Vargo
    Xestia speciosa
    © Canadian National Collection LG

    Xestia speciosa
    © Canadian National Collection LG


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