Xestia

Xestia est genus lepidopterorum familiae Noctuidarum, typus generis tribus Xestiinorum in subfamilia Noctuinarum, quamquam nonnulli auctopres hanc tribum cum Noctuinis miscent. Speciebus est lata distributio geographica, sed plurimae in regione holarctica endemicae sunt.

Xestia ochreago, typus generis

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Animalia — Arthropoda

Subphylum : Hexapoda 
Classis : Insecta 
Ordo : Lepidoptera 
Zoodivisio : Ditrysia 
Zoosectio : Cossina 
Familia : Noctuidae 
Subfamilia : Noctuinae 
Tribus : Xestiini (disputata) 
Genus : Xestia 
Hübner, 1818

   

Synonyma

Multa; vide commentarium.

Species typica

Noctua ochreago Hübner, 1790

Xestia xanthographa, aliquando in Segetia digesta.

Subgenera et species

Subgenus Anomogyna

X. (Anomogyna) caelebs, mas adultus.

X. (Megasema) kollari kollari, mas adultus.

• Xestia albuncula (Eversmann, 1851)
• Xestia alpicola (typus Xenopachnobiae)
• Xestia badicollis (fortasse melius in X. elimata)
• Xestia borealis (Nordström, 1933)
• Xestia brunneopicta (Matsumura, 1925)
• Xestia caelebs
• Xestia dilucida
• Xestia distensa (Eversmann, 1851) (aliquando in X. laetabili)
• Xestia elimata
• Xestia fabulosa (Ferguson, 1965)
• Xestia fennica (Brandt, 1936)
• Xestia gelida (Sparre-Schneider, 1883) (typus Peranomogynatis)
• Xestia imperita (Hübner, [1831])
• Xestia infimatis Grote, 1880
• Xestia laetabilis (Zetterstedt, [1839]) (typus Anomogynatis)
• Xestia mustelina Smith, 1900
• Xestia perquiritata
• Xestia praevia (fortasse melius in X. elimata)
• Xestia rhaetica (typus Synanomogynatis)
• Xestia sincera (typus Calanomogynatis)
• Xestia speciosa (typus Platagrotis)
• Xestia vernilis Grote, 1879
• Xestia viridiscens (Turati, 1919) (aliquando in X. speciosa)
• Xestia yatsugadakeana (Matsumura, 1926)

Subgenus Megasema

X. (Megasema) c-nigrum deraiota, mas adultus.

Eruca Xestiae trianguli.

Grex ashworthii/"Ashworthia"

• Xestia ashworthii (typus Ashworthiae)
• Xestia okakensis Packard, 1867
  • Xestia okakensis okakensis Packard, 1867
  • Xestia okakensis morandi (Benjamin, 1934) (aliquando species distincta habita)
• Xestia scropulana Morrison, 1874 (olim in X. wockei)
• Xestia wockei

Grex kollari

• Xestia kollari

Grex c-nigrum

• Xestia c-nigrum (typus Cenigriae)
• Xestia ditrapezium
• Xestia dolosa
• Xestia praetermissa Warren (possibly belongs in X. c-nigrum)
• Xestia triangulum (typus Megasematis)

Ignotus specierum grex

• Xestia inuitica Lafontaine & Hensel, 1998

Subgenus Pachnobia

X. (Pachnobia) lorezi lorezi, mas adultus.

• Xestia alaskae (typus Epipsiliamorphae; fortasse melius in in subgenere Schoyenia)
• Xestia atrata (Morrison, 1875) (typus Pterosciae)
  • Xestia atrata atrata (Morrison, 1874)
  • Xestia atrata filipjevi (Shljuzhko, 1926)
  • Xestia atrata haraldi Fibiger, 1997
  • Xestia atrata ursae (McDunnough, 1940)
  • Xestia atrata yukona (McDunnough, 1921)
• Xestia kolymae (Herz, 1903)
• Xestia kruegeri Kononenko & Schmitz, 2004
• Xestia laxa Lafontaine & Mikkola, 1998
• Xestia lorezi (typus Loreziae)
• Xestia lupa Lafontaine & Mikkola, 1998
• Xestia penthima (Erschov, 1870) (typus Hyptioxestae)
• Xestia tecta (Hübner, [1808]) (typus Pachnobiae)
  • Xestia tecta tecta (Hübner, [1808])
  • Xestia tecta tectoides (Corti, 1926)

Subgenus Schoyenia

X. (Schoyenia) quieta, adulta.

• Xestia aequaeva (Benjamin, 1934)
  • Xestia aequaeva aequaeva (Benjamin, 1934)
  • Xestia aequaeva glaucina Lafontaine & Mikkola, 1996
• Xestia brachiptera (Kononenko 1981)
• Xestia bryanti (Benjamin, 1933) (= X. acraea)
• Xestia fergusoni Lafontaine, 1983
• Xestia intermediaFormula:Check (Kononenko, 1981)
• Xestia liquidaria (Eversmann, 1848) (= X. arctica Aurivillius, 1883 (non Zetterstedt, 1839: praeoccupatum), X. fasciata, X. unifasciata; typus Schoyeniae)

• Xestia lyngei (Rebel, 1923) (typus Lankialaiae)
  • Xestia lyngei lyngei (Rebel 1923)
  • Xestia lyngei aborigenea Kononenko 1983
• Xestia magadanensis Kononenko & Lafontaine 1983
• Xestia quieta (typus Archanartae)
• Xestia similis Kononenko 1981
• Xestia thula Lafontaine & Kononenko, 1983
• Xestia woodi Lafontaine & Kononenko, 1983

X. (Xestia) palaestinensis, femina adulta.

Subgenus Xestia

X. (Xestia) bolteri, femina adulta.

X. (Xestia) conchis, femina adulta.

Grex baja/"Amathes"

• Xestia baja (typus Amathae)
• Xestia smithii (fortasse melius in X. baja)

Grex castanea/"Castanasta/Ericathia"

• Xestia agathina (typus Ericathiae)
• Xestia castanea(typus Castanastae)
• Xestia jordani (Turati, 1912)

Grex collina/"Monticollia"

• Xestia collina (typus Monticolliae)

Grex ochreago

• Xestia ochreago

Grex sexstrigata/"Lytaea"

• Xestia sexstrigata (typus Lytaeae)

Grex stigmatica/"Megarhomba"

• Xestia sareptana
• Xestia stigmatica (typus Megarhombatis)

Grex trifida/"Caloxestia"

• Xestia trifida (typus Caloxestiae)

Grex xanthographa/"Segetia"

• Xestia cohaesa
• Xestia kermesina (Mabille, 1869) (type of Palkermes)
  • Xestia kermesina kermesina (Mabille, 1869)
  • Xestia kermesina virescens Turati, 1912
• Xestia palaestinensis
• Xestia xanthographa (typus Segetiae)

Ignotus specierum grex

• Xestia badinosis (Grote, 1874)
• Xestia bolteri
• Xestia cinerascens (Smith, 1891)
• Xestia conchis
• Xestia dyris (Zerny, 1934) (tentatively placed here)
• Xestia finatimis Lafontaine, 1998
• Xestia fuscostigma (Bremer, 1861)
• Xestia lithoplana Hreblay & Ronkay 1998
• Xestia mejiasi Pinker, 1961
• Xestia normaniana
• Xestia oblata (Morrison, 1875)
• Xestia substrigata (Smith, 1895)
• Xestia verniloides Lafontaine, 1998

Incertae sedis

Xestia staudingeri, mas adultus.

Xestia retracta, mas adultus.

Xestia efflorescens, adultus.

Xestia renalis, mas adultus.

Grex Agrotiphila

• Xestia colorado (Smith, 1891) (typus Agrotiphilae)
• Xestia lankialai (Gronnblom 1962)
• Xestia maculata (Smith, 1893)
• Xestia staudingeri (typus Agrotimorphae)

Grex Hypoxestia

• Xestia dilatata (Butler, 1879) (typus Hypoxestiae)

Grex ornata

• Xestia hypographa
• Xestia ornata (olim in Eugraphe)

Grex "Palaeamathes"

• Xestia hoenei (Boursin, 1954) (typus Palaeamathis)

Grex Paramathes

• Xestia perigrapha (Püngeler, 1899) (typus Paramathis)

Grex retracta/tenuis

• Xestia basistriga Yoshimoto, 1995
• Xestia bifurcata Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
• Xestia coronata Hacker & Peks, 1999
• Xestia destituta (Leech, 1900)
• Xestia forsteri Boursin, 1964
• Xestia hemitragidia (Boursin 1964)
• Xestia nyei Plante, 1979 (= X. longijuxta)
• Xestia retracta
• Xestia schaeferi Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
• Xestia semiretracta Yoshimoto, 1995
• Xestia subforsteri Hreblay, & Ronkay 1998
• Xestia tenuis (Butler 1889)
• Xestia trifurcata Hacker & Peks, 1999

Grex "Yellow hindwings"

• Xestia bryocharis Boursin, 1948
• Xestia draesekei Boursin, 1948
• Xestia efflorescens
• Xestia flavilinea Wileman, 1912
• Xestia pseudoaccipiter Boursin, 1948
• Xestia semiherbida (Walker, 1857)
• Xestia sternecki Boursin, 1948
• Xestia triphaenoides Boursin, 1948

Ignotus specierum grex

• Xestia agalma (Püngeler, 1900)
• Xestia albifurca (Erschoff, [1877])
• Xestia cervina (Moore, 1867)
• Xestia consanguinea (Moore, 1881)
• Xestia costaestriga (Staudinger, 1895)
• Xestia crassipuncta (Wileman & West, 1928)
• Xestia homochroma (Hampson 1903)
• Xestia isochroma (Hampson 1903)
• Xestia isolata
• Xestia junctura (Moore, 1881)
• Xestia kecskerago Gyulai & L.Ronkay, 2006
• Xestia latinigra (Prout, 1928)
• Xestia mandarina (Leech, 1900)
• Xestia olivascens (Hampson, 1894)
• Xestia renalis
• Xestia rosifunda (Dyar, 1916)
• Xestia senescens (Staudinger, 1881) (olim in Eugraphe)
• Xestia tamsi (Wileman & West, 1929)
• Xestia vidua (Staudinger, 1892)
• Xestia yamanei Chang, 1991

Nexus externi

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Xestiam spectant.

Vide "Xestiam" apud Vicispecies.

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