Xestia collina

Xestia collina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Xestia
Species:	X. collina
Binomial name
	Xestia collina; (Boisduval, 1840)
Synonyms
	Noctua collina Boisduval, 1840; Agrotis collina (Boisduval, 1840) ; Euxoa collina (Boisduval, 1840) ; Noctua montana Freyer, 1850; Agrotis eversmanni Petersen, 1905; Agrotis peterseni Krulikovsky, 1909; Xestia nigromaculata Hoffmann, 1917 ; Xestia collina ab. nigromarginata Lange, 1917 ; Xestia roeggeri Schawerda, 1919 ; Xestia loebeli Rebeli, 1920;

Xestia collina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Alps, from southern France to southern Poland, Romania, from southern Finland and Estonia to the Urals, Siberia and northern Mongolia.

The wingspan is 27–33 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of June to mid July.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium, Rubus, Plantago and Achillea species.

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