Xestia staudingeri (Möschler, 1862)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Agrotiphila staudingeri (Möschler, 1862)
Conservation Status
Missing.
This species may have a much wider distribution, and hence may still be extant. Further information is needed to properly assess the status of this taxa. It should therefore only provisionally be considered a "missing" species.
Distribution
New Hampshire (& Colorado?), USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
For a photograph of a preserved specimen see: http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/noctuoidea/jpgs/image_e.php?image%5B%5D=110980.jpg%2CXestia%2Bstaudingeri
Media
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xestia_staudingeri_-_Hampson.png
References
Original scientific description:
Möschler, H. B. (1862). Neue südrussische Schmetterlinge. Wiener EntomologischeMonatschrift 6: 139-143.
Other references:
Hampson, George F. (1903). Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum (Vol. 4: Noctuidæ). London: British Museum (Natural History).
Hodges, R.W. et al., eds. 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. E.W. Classey Limited and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, London. 284 pp.
LaFontaine, J. D. 1998. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (part). In Dominick, R.B. et al. The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 27.3. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. 348 pp.
Lafontaine, J.D. and B. C. Schmidt. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 40: 1-239.
https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.107205/Xestia_staudingeri