Xestia brunneopicta

Xestia brunneopicta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Xestia
Species:	X. brunneopicta
Binomial name
Xestia brunneopicta (Matsumura, 1925)[1]
Synonyms
Anomogyna brunneopicta Matsumura, 1925

Xestia brunneopicta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Magadan to the east-Siberian Tuva in Russia. It has also been recorded from northern Finland.

The larvae feed on various plants, including Andromeda polifolia, Salix phylicifolia, Larix gmelini, Larix decidua and Larix sibirica. Young larvae are have a pale greenish grey body and pale brown head. Full-grown larvae reach a length of 35–40 mm. They have a brown head and the dorsal and ventral regions of the body are green, with the middorsal and subdorsal lines white, narrow, short and broken.^[2]

Life cycle gallery

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  1st instar larva

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  2nd instar larva

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  9. The 3rd instar larva on Andromeda polifolia; 10. The 4th instar larva on Larix decidua Miller (Pinaceae); 11. Last instar larva with darker brown head; 12. Mature larva on Salix phylicifolia

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  Pupa

References

1. Xestia, funet.fi
2. Description of immature stages of Xestia brunneopicta (Matsumura, 1925), with a key to the mature larvae of the European species of Xestia (Pachnobia) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)