| Moths of North Dakota |
Noctuidae: Noctuinae: Noctuini |
Xestia smithii (Snellen 1896)
| Common name: no accepted
common name, listed here as Smith's dart.
Hodges #: 10944. Identification: Rfw 15.51 mm, overall ground brown or gray; median shade dark from costa and between ordinary spots, black at inception of st. line at costa. Frons smooth, protibiae with a complete row of mesal setae and only a few lateral apical setae . Similar species: 10644, 10882, 10941, 10943, 10954, 10955, 11018, 11024.1, 11027, 11029, 11039, 11041, 11042,1, 11043, 11044, 11045, and 11049.1. Distribution: transcontinental from Alaska to Newfoundland and south through temperate United States, occurring further south on the west coast, the Rockies and Appalachians. Hosts: Larval hosts include dock, raspberry, violets, and has
been reported as causing economic injury to strawberries in Washington
State (Crumb 1956). |
ND Cass Co., Fargo. UV lt. trap.
SD Minnehaha Co., Sioux Falls,
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