Xestia wockei

Species of moth

Xestia wockei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Xestia
Species:
X. wockei
Binomial name
Xestia wockei
(Möschler, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Agrotis wockei Möschler, 1862
  • Pachnobia wockei
  • Agrotis voccei Hampson, 1903
  • Agrotis aldani Herz, 1903

Xestia wockei is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is known from Siberia and northern North America, including Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories and Yukon.

Subspecies

  • Xestia wockei wockei
  • Xestia wockei troubridgei[2] Lafontaine, 1998
  • Xestia wockei aldani (Herz, 1903)
  • Xestia wockei tundrana (A.Bang-Haas, 1912) (South Siberian Mountains, Central Yakutian Lowland and the mountains of north-eastern Siberia)[3]

Xestia scropulana was generally included in X. wockei, but more recent authors usually treat it as distinct species.

References

  1. ^ Xestia at funet
  2. ^ Ferris, C. D., Kruse, J. J., Lafontaine, J. D., Philip, K. W., Schmidt, B. C., & Sikes, D. S. (2012). A checklist of the moths of Alaska. Zootaxa, 3571(1), 1-25.
  3. ^ Noctuinae (Noctuidae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
Taxon identifiers
Xestia wockei


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