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Southern Variable Dart
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Southern Variable Dart

Xestia elimata

The Southern Variable Dart or Variable Climbing Caterpillar when referring to the caterpillar (Xestia elimata) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Eastern part of North America, including Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, New Jersey, Maryland and New England. It is part of the elimata species group. Three of the species in this group (Xestia praevia, Xestia elimata and Xestia badicollis) have no significant difference in both genitals and DNA, suggesting they...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56901.