Xestia baja
| Xestia baja | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Xestia |
| Species: | X. baja |
| Binomial name | |
| Xestia baja Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775[1] | |
Xestia baja, the dotted clay, is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Europe, Turkey, northern Iran, Transcaucasia, the Caucasus, central Asia, Siberia, Mongolia, Tibet, China, Korea and Japan.[2]
Technical description and variation
The wingspan is 35–40 mm. Forewing dull red brown, with slight lilac-grey tinge in places; a distinct black praeapical costal bar; upper stigmata large, with slight pale rings; lower lobe of reniform dark; median shade forming a brown space between the stigmata; a black dot near base of cell; hindwing ochreous or yellowish grey. ab. bajula Stgr. is smaller than the type and suffused with grey, without any red tinge; in the northern form punctata Auriv, the lines are prominently marked by dots on the veins; purpurea Tutt, grisea Tutt and coerulescens Tutt are merely colour variations.[3]
Biology
The moth flies from July to August depending on the location.
Larva polyphagous, brown or grey, with a red tinge; the lines pale; a row of oblique dark sublateral bars; a pale bar on segment 12; head pale brown. The larvae feed on Myrica gale, Rubus species and other plants and trees.[4]
References
- ↑ Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: April 2013 (April 2013). "Xestia baja". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
- ↑ Markku Savela (November 3, 2008). "Xestia genus". funet.fi. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
- ↑ Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914
- ↑ "Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.".
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