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Xestia alpicola (Northern dart)

Synonyms: Hadena alpicola (homotypic); Xestia aquilonaris; Xestia hyperborea; Xestia norvegica

Wikipedia Abstract

Xestia alpicola (Northern dart) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from northern Europe across the Palearctic to central Siberia and in the Alps.
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Infraspecies

Xestia alpicola alpicola
Xestia alpicola alpina (Northern dart moth)
Xestia alpicola carnica
Xestia alpicola ryffelensis

Prey / Diet

Calluna vulgaris (heather)[1]
Empetrum nigrum (black crowberry)[1]
Kalmia procumbens (alpine azalea)[1]
Vaccinium myrtillus (myrtle blueberry)[1]
Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0