Xestia quieta

Xestia quieta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Xestia
Species: X. quieta
Binomial name
Xestia quieta
(Hübner, [1813])[1]
Synonyms
  • Noctua quieta Hübner, [1813]
  • Archanarta quieta
  • Anarta schoenherri Zetterstedt, [1839]
  • Lena poppiusi Herz, 1903
  • Anarta constricta Walker, 1857
  • Anarta rigida Walker, 1857

Xestia quieta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is known from northern Scandinavia, northern Siberia and northern North America (including Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Manitoba).

The wingspan is 25–29 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July in Sweden.[2]

The larvae possibly feed on Empetrum species.

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