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Xestia ornata

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Xestia ornata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Xestia
Species:
X. ornata
Binomial name
Xestia ornata
(Staudinger, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Eugraphe ornata (Staudinger, 1892)
  • Hydrilla ornata Staudinger, 1892

Xestia ornata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the northern Tien-Shan Mountains through the Pamirs and Hissar-Darwaz system to eastern Afghanistan (Nuristan).

The wingspan is 32–37 mm.

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