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Description
The Xestia c-nigrum/dolosa complex. From BugGuide (2104): The two species that make up this complex cannot be distinguished by their color or pattern. In The Owlet Moths of Ohio, Roy Rings writes: "The maculation of X. c-nigrum is identical to X. dolosa. The best way to separate the two species is by size. X. c-nigrum averages 6 mm (fore wing apex to apex) smaller than X. dolosa."
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Source: Wikipedia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Xestia |
| Species: | X. dolosa
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| Xestia dolosa Franclemont, 1980
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Xestia dolosa, known by the names greater black-letter dart, woodland spotted cutworm and spotted cutworm is a moth of the family Noctuidae (Note that the common name spotted cutworm is also used for larvae of Xestia c-nigrum). It is found from New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island to Florida west to Texas, north to North Dakota and Manitoba.
This wingspan is about 40 mm. The moth flies from May to October in two generations in the South and from July to August in one generation in the North.
The larva feeds on various crop plants, including barley, clovers, corn, tobacco as well as apple and maples.
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