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Dotted Clay and Smith's Darts and Allies
Xestia baja
Xestia baja, the dotted clay, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe, Turkey, northern Iran, Transcaucasia, the Caucasus, central Asia, Siberia, Mongolia, Tibet, China, Korea and Japan.
12 branches of this group, most-observed first

Square-spot Rustic
speciesXestia xanthographa

Smith's Dart
speciesXestia smithii

Dotted Clay
speciesXestia baja

Norman’s Dart
speciesXestia normanianus

Ruby Dart
speciesXestia oblata

Xestia kermesina
speciesXestia kermesina

Xestia cohaesa
speciesXestia cohaesa

Xestia conchis
speciesXestia conchis

Xestia fuscostigma
speciesXestia fuscostigma

Xestia palaestinensis
speciesXestia palaestinensis

Xestia csoevarii
speciesXestia csoevarii
Xestia rosifunda
speciesXestia rosifunda
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1294570.