Xestia alpicola (Northern Dart)
Originator: Frode Falkenberg
Systematics :
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Articulate animals)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Order: Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies)
Group: «Macro-heterocera» (Macro-moths)
Family: Noctuidae (Owlet moths)
Subfamily: Noctuinae
Genus: Xestia
Species: Xestia alpicola (Northern Dart)
Other names: vanlig fjellbakkefly
Norwegian name: Grått fjellbakkefly
Host plants: Arctostaphylos, Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), Bog Bilberry (Vaccinium uliginosum), Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum subsp. nigrum), Dwarf Birch (Betula nana), Empetrum nigrum, Heather (Calluna vulgaris)