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Xestia
Xestia is a genus of noctuid moths (family Noctuidae). They are the type genus of the tribe Xestiini in subfamily Noctuinae, though some authors merge this tribe with the Noctuini. Species in this genus are commonly known as "clays", "darts" or "rustics", but such names are commonplace among Noctuidae. Xestia moths have a wide distribution, though they most prominently occur in the Holarctic.
With almost 200 species included at one time, Xestia was something of a "wastebin genus". But almost half of the traditional species are now placed elsewhere (see below), and some of the remaining ones are liable to be assigned to another genus also. On the other hand, new moths that probably do belong in this genus are still being discovered (e.g. X. hypographa, which led to the 2002 transfer of X. ornata from Eugraphe to here). Thus, unless there are drastic taxonomic changes in the future, Xestia is likely to remain one of the larger noctuine genera.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Xestia
subgenusXestia
Megasema
subgenusMegasema
Pachnobia
subgenusPachnobia
Xestia dilatata
speciesXestia dilatata
Xestia efflorescens
speciesXestia efflorescens
Xestia semiherbida
speciesXestia semiherbida
Xestia stupenda
speciesXestia stupenda
Xestia tamsi
speciesXestia tamsi
Xestia yamanei
speciesXestia yamanei
Xestia praetermissa
speciesXestia praetermissa
Xestia renalis
speciesXestia renalis
Xestia mandarina
speciesXestia mandarina
Xestia subgrisea
speciesXestia subgrisea
Xestia descripta
speciesXestia descripta
Xestia senescens
speciesXestia senescens
Xestia flavilinea
speciesXestia flavilinea
Raddea
subgenusRaddea
Xestia aquila
speciesXestia aquila
Xestia curviplena
speciesXestia curviplena
Xestia mejiasi
speciesXestia mejiasi
Xestia enyachangae
speciesXestia enyachangae
Xestia crassipuncta
speciesXestia crassipuncta
Xestia ornata
speciesXestia ornata
Xestia bdelygma
speciesXestia bdelygma
Xestia baltica
speciesXestia baltica
Xestia tenuis
speciesXestia tenuis
Xestia gloria
speciesXestia gloria
Xestia erschoffi
speciesXestia erschoffi
Xestia latinigra
speciesXestia latinigra
Xestia vidua
speciesXestia vidua
Xestia supravidua
speciesXestia supravidua
Xestia cara
speciesXestia cara
Xestia loebelia
speciesXestia loebelia
Xestia kruegeri
speciesXestia kruegeri
Xestia effundens
speciesXestia effundens
Xestia erythraea
speciesXestia erythraea
Xestia eugrapha
speciesXestia eugrapha
Xestia exoleta
speciesXestia exoleta
Xestia giselae
speciesXestia giselae
Xestia haematodes
speciesXestia haematodes
Xestia harpegnoma
speciesXestia harpegnoma
Xestia hoeferi
speciesXestia hoeferi
Xestia infantilis
speciesXestia infantilis
Xestia junctura
speciesXestia junctura
Xestia kecskerago
speciesXestia kecskerago
Xestia lithoplana
speciesXestia lithoplana
Xestia lobbichleri
speciesXestia lobbichleri
Xestia longijuxta
speciesXestia longijuxta
Xestia lycophotioides
speciesXestia lycophotioides
Xestia mane
speciesXestia mane
Xestia metagrapha
speciesXestia metagrapha
Xestia morandinii
speciesXestia morandinii
Xestia muficia
speciesXestia muficia
Xestia murtea
speciesXestia murtea
Xestia nisseni
speciesXestia nisseni
Xestia nyei
speciesXestia nyei
Xestia orthosioides
speciesXestia orthosioides
Xestia pancta
speciesXestia pancta
Xestia pangda
speciesXestia pangda
Xestia patricia
speciesXestia patricia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Xestia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 61785.