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Xestia gelida

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Species of moth

Xestia gelida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Xestia
Species: X. gelida
Binomial name
Xestia gelida
(Sparre Schneider, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Agrotis gelida Sparre Schneider, 1883

Xestia gelida is a species of moth belonging to the family Noctuidae, found in Fennoscandia and northern Russia. It was first collected by Jacob Sparre Schneider on an expedition in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway in 1882, and was described the following year. This was the only specimen known in Norway until 2010, when it was rediscovered in Nord-Trøndelag county.

The larvae are known to feed on Vaccinium myrtillus (European blueberry) and Taraxacum (dandelion). The adults are active from June to July.

The species is considered endangered in the 2015 Norwegian Red List and vulnerable in the 2020 Swedish Red List, primarily due to habitat loss.

In 1989, it was found to exhibit industrial melanism, possibly the first known case among subarctic fauna.

References

  1. "Xestia (Pachnobia) gelida (Sparre-Schneider, 1883) | Fauna Europaea". fauna-eu.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. "LepIndex - gelida". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  3. Sparre Schneider, Jacob (1883). "Fortsatte bidrag til kundskaben om Syd-Varangers Lepidopterfauna". Entomologisk Tidskrift. 4: 63–88.
  4. Aarvik, Leif; Christiansen, Claus (21 June 2011). "Xestia gelida (Sparre Schneider, 1883) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) rediscovered in Norway" (PDF). Norwegian Journal of Entomology. 58 (1).
  5. ^ "Fjällskogsfly – Artfakta från SLU Artdatabanken". Swedish Species Information Centre. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  6. "Xestia gelida – Norsk rødliste for arter". Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  7. Mikkola, K. (1989). "The first case of industrial melanism in the subarctic lepidopteran fauna: Xestia gelida f. inferna f.n. (Noctuidae)". Notulae Entomologicae. 69 (1): 1–3.
Taxon identifiers
Xestia gelida


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