Xestia tecta

Xestia tecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Xestia
Species: X. tecta
Binomial name
Xestia tecta
(Hübner, 1808)
Synonyms
  • Noctua tecta Hübner, 1808
  • Noctua ampla Hübner, 1809
  • Anomogyna nolens Corti & Draudt, 1933
  • Pachnobia roosta Smith, 1903
  • Pachnobia tecta ab. gaunitzi Nordström, 1937
  • Agrotis tectoides Corti, 1926

Xestia tecta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. In Europe the species is only known from the boreal area of Fennoscandia, north-western Russia and the northern Ural Mountains. Outside Europe it occurs in northern and central Siberia and the north-western USA including Alaska as well as north-western and central Canada.

The wingspan is 32–41 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August. The species takes two years to reach maturity.

The larvae feed on hardwood shrubs such as Huckleberries (Vaccinium spp.).

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