• Source: Xestia dilucida

      • Xestia dilucida, the dull reddish dart or reddish heath dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Herbert Knowles Morrison in 1875. It is found in the United States from southern Maine to northern Florida, west to central Ohio and eastern Texas.
      The wingspan is about 36 mm. Adults are on wing from September to November. There is one generation per year.
      The larvae have been recorded on Vaccinium species.


      References



      Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.
      Murray, Tom (March 13, 2018). "Species Xestia dilucida - Dull Reddish Dart - Hodges#10969". BugGuide. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
      Pogue, Michael G. (2006). "The Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A." Zootaxa. 1215: 1-95. ISBN 978-1-86977-001-3.
      "933586.00 – 10969 – Xestia dilucida – Dull Reddish Dart Moth – (Morrison, 1875)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
      "Xestia dilucida". Moths of Maryland. Retrieved March 24, 2020.

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