Boomerang Dart

Xestia perquiritata

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae

Xestia perquiritata, the boomerang dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Herbert Knowles Morrison in 1874. It is found across North America from Newfoundland, Labrador and northern New England, west to central Yukon, British Columbia and Washington.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 18United States of America · 3

Sources and credits

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Boomerang Dart

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