''Xestia laxa'' is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...

. It was described by J. Donald Lafontaine and Kauri Mikkola in 1998 and is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Xestia laxa'' is 10963.1.Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016).
Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
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References

* Crabo, L.; Davis, M.; Hammond, P.; Mustelin, T. & Shepard, J. (2013). "Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on ''Chytolita'' Grote (Erebidae) and ''Hydraecia'' Guenée (Noctuidae)". ''ZooKeys''. 264: 85-123. * Lafontaine, D. & Troubridge, J. (2010). "Two new species of the ''Euxoa westermanni'' species-group from Canada (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae)". ''ZooKeys''. 39: 255-262. * Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ''ZooKeys'', vol. 40, 1-239. * Lafontaine, J. Donald & Dominick, R. B. et al., eds. (1998). "Noctuoidea Noctuidae (part) Noctuinae (part - Noctuini)". ''The Moths of America North of Mexico'', fasc. 27.3, 348.

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