''Xestia wockei'' is a
moth of the family
Noctuidae
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. It is known from
Siberia and northern
North America
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, including
Quebec,
Newfoundland and Labrador, the
Northwest Territories
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and
Yukon.
Subspecies
*''Xestia wockei wockei''
*''Xestia wockei troubridgei''
Lafontaine, 1998
*''Xestia wockei aldani''
(Herz, 1903)
*''Xestia wockei tundrana''
(A.Bang-Haas, 1912) (
South Siberian Mountains,
Central Yakutian Lowland and the mountains of north-eastern Siberia)
Noctuinae (Noctuidae) collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
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'' Xestia scropulana'' was generally included in ''X. wockei'', but more recent authors usually treat it as distinct species.
References
Xestia
Moths of Asia
Moths of North America
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