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Xestia Hübner, 1818
Taxonomic Serial No.: 771332

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Amathes Hübner, 1821
		Pachnobia Guenée, 1852
		Anomogyna Staudinger, 1871
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	partial
	Latest Record Review:	2013

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Holometabola
	Order	Lepidoptera – butterflies, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit, Borboleta, Mariposa
	Superfamily	Noctuoidea Latreille, 1809
	Family	Noctuidae Latreille, 1809 – cutworms, dagger moths, noctuid moths, owlet moths, underwings, noctuelles, noctuidés, phalènes, vers gris
	Subfamily	Noctuinae Latreille, 1809
	Tribe	Noctuini Latreille, 1809
	Subtribe	Noctuina Latreille, 1809
	Genus	Xestia Hübner, 1818
		Direct Children:
	Species	Xestia aequaeva (Benjamin, 1934)
	Species	Xestia alaskae (Grote, 1876)
	Species	Xestia albuncula (Eversmann, 1851)
	Species	Xestia atrata (Morrison, 1874)
	Species	Xestia badicollis (Grote, 1873)
	Species	Xestia bolteri (Smith, 1898)
	Species	Xestia bryanti (Benjamin, 1933)
	Species	Xestia c-nigrum (Linnaeus, 1758) – spotted cutworm
	Species	Xestia cinerascens (Smith, 1891)
	Species	Xestia colorado (Smith, 1891)
	Species	Xestia conchis (Grote, 1879)
	Species	Xestia dilucida (Morrison, 1875)
	Species	Xestia dolosa Franclemont, 1980
	Species	Xestia elimata (Guenée, 1852) – chameleon caterpillar, Southern Variable Dart
	Species	Xestia fabulosa (Ferguson, 1965)
	Species	Xestia fergusoni Lafontaine, 1983
	Species	Xestia finatimis Lafontaine, 1998
	Species	Xestia homogena (McDunnough, 1921)
	Species	Xestia imperita (Hübner, 1831)
	Species	Xestia infimatis (Grote, 1880)
	Species	Xestia intermedia (Kononenko, 1981)
	Species	Xestia inuitica Lafontaine and Hensel, 1998
	Species	Xestia kolymae (Herz, 1903)
	Species	Xestia laetabilis (Zetterstedt, 1839)
	Species	Xestia laxa Lafontaine and Mikkola, 1998
	Species	Xestia liquidaria (Eversmann, 1848)
	Species	Xestia lorezi (Staudinger, 1891)
	Species	Xestia lupa Lafontaine and Mikkola, 1998
	Species	Xestia lyngei (Rebel, 1923)
	Species	Xestia maculata (Smith, 1893)
	Species	Xestia mixta (Walker, 1856)
	Species	Xestia mustelina (Smith, 1900)
	Species	Xestia normanianus (Grote, 1874)
	Species	Xestia oblata (Morrison, 1875) – rosy dart
	Species	Xestia okakensis (Packard, 1867)
	Species	Xestia perquiritata (Morrison, 1874)
	Species	Xestia plebeia (Smith, 1898)
	Species	Xestia praevia Lafontaine, 1998
	Species	Xestia quieta (Hübner, 1813)
	Species	Xestia rosifunda (Dyar, 1916)
	Species	Xestia scropulana (Morrison, 1874)
	Species	Xestia sincera (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
	Species	Xestia smithii (Snellen, 1896)
	Species	Xestia speciosa (Hübner, 1813)
	Species	Xestia staudingeri (Möschler, 1862)
	Species	Xestia tecta (Hübner, 1808)
	Species	Xestia thula Lafontaine and Kononenko, 1983
	Species	Xestia ursae (McDunnough, 1940)
	Species	Xestia vernilis (Grote, 1879)
	Species	Xestia verniloides Lafontaine, 1998
	Species	Xestia wockei (Möschler, 1862)
	Species	Xestia woodi Lafontaine and Kononenko, 1983
	Species	Xestia xanthographa (Denis and Schiffermüller, 1775)

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:
	Notes:
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Check List of the Lepidoptera of North America... MS, database (version 2003)
	Acquired:	2005
	Notes:	Ongoing developmental version with contributions by Don Lafontaine, Jean-François Landry, Jim Troubridge, Paul Opler, Ron Hodges, John Brown, et al. Higher classification does not yet reflect recent and substantial changes that have been published
	Reference for:	Xestia

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Lafontaine, J. Donald / Dominick, R. B. et al., eds.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Noctuoidea Noctuidae (part) Noctuinae (part - Noctuini)
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	The Moths of America North of Mexico, fasc. 27.3
	Page(s):	348
	Publisher:	The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation
	Publication Place:	Washington DC, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-933003-09-9
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Xestia

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Lafontaine, J. Donald, and B. Christian Schmidt
	Publication Date:	2010
	Article/Chapter Title:	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	ZooKeys, vol. 40
	Page(s):	1-239
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	1313-2989
	Notes:	doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414 ; available online at http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/414/annotated-check-list-of-the-noctuoidea-insecta-lepidoptera-of-north-america-north-of-mexico
	Reference for:	Xestia

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Poole, Robert W. / Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds.
	Publication Date:	1996
	Article/Chapter Title:	Lepidoptera
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 3: Diptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera
	Page(s):	605-1122
	Publisher:	Entomological Information Services
	Publication Place:	Rockville, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-889002-03-8
	Notes:	Series ISBN: 1-889002-00-3
	Reference for:	Xestia

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