Xestia laxa

Xestia laxa is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae.[1][2] It was described by J. Donald Lafontaine and Kauri Mikkola in 1998 and is found in North America.[2]

Xestia laxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Xestia
Species:
X. laxa
Binomial name
Xestia laxa
Lafontaine & Mikkola, 1998

The MONA or Hodges number for Xestia laxa is 10963.1.[3][4]

References
  1. "Xestia laxa Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  2. "Xestia laxa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  3. Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  4. "Xestia laxa, Hodges 10963.1". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
  • Crabo, L.; Davis, M.; Hammond, P.; Mustelin, T. & Shepard, J. (2013). "Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia GuenĂ©e (Noctuidae)". ZooKeys. 264: 85-123.
  • Lafontaine, D. & Troubridge, J. (2010). "Two new species of the Euxoa westermanni species-group from Canada (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae)". ZooKeys. 39: 255-262.
  • Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys, vol. 40, 1-239.
  • Lafontaine, J. Donald & Dominick, R. B. et al., eds. (1998). "Noctuoidea Noctuidae (part) Noctuinae (part - Noctuini)". The Moths of America North of Mexico, fasc. 27.3, 348.

Further reading
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.


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