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Xestia cohaesa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin and in the Near East and Middle East.

Xestia cohaesa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Xestia
Species:	X. cohaesa
Binomial name
Xestia cohaesa (Herrich-Schäffer, [1849])
Synonyms
Caradrina cohaesa Herrich-Schäffer, [1849][verification needed] Lycophotia pulverea Hampson, 1903

Adults are on wing from September to November. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Poaceae.

Subspecies

• Xestia cohaesa cohaesa (Italy, Greece to Bulgaria, Turkey, Transcaucasia, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq, Iran)
• Xestia cohaesa lineata (Ukraine, Crimea, Caucasus, Turkmenistan)

External links

• Noctuinae of Israel

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