Xestia laxa
| Xestia laxa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Xestia |
| Species: | X. laxa
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| Binomial name | |
| Xestia laxa Lafontaine & Mikkola, 1998
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Xestia laxa is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae.[1][2] It was described by J. Donald Lafontaine and Kauri Mikkola in 1998 and is found in North America.[2]
The MONA or Hodges number for Xestia laxa is 10963.1.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Xestia laxa Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ a b "Xestia laxa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
- ^ "Xestia laxa, Hodges 10963.1". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- Crabo, L.; Davis, M.; Hammond, P.; Mustelin, T. & Shepard, J. (2013). "Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae)". ZooKeys. 264: 85-123.
- Lafontaine, D. & Troubridge, J. (2010). "Two new species of the Euxoa westermanni species-group from Canada (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae)". ZooKeys. 39: 255-262.
- Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys, vol. 40, 1-239.
- Lafontaine, J. Donald & Dominick, R. B. et al., eds. (1998). "Noctuoidea Noctuidae (part) Noctuinae (part - Noctuini)". The Moths of America North of Mexico, fasc. 27.3, 348.
Further reading[edit]
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
External links[edit]
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