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)

Immature stages of Xestia brunneopicta (Matsumura, 1925) are described and illustrated from an ex ovo rearing. The female was collected during a Finnish-Russian expedition to the province of Chita in East Siberia in 2013. Eggs were laid in a plastic jar at Chara Sands on the 7th of July. Larvae hatc...

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Main Authors: Matti Ahola, Martti Kuisma, Reima Leinonen, Hannu Saarenmaa, Kimmo Silvonen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2015-05-01
Series:Nota Lepidopterologica
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