Xylena nupera explained

Xylena nupera, known generally as the American swordgrass moth or red swordgrass moth, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, from New Jersey to Nova Scotia and west from northern California to British Columbia.

The MONA or Hodges number for Xylena nupera is 9873.

Further reading

• Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. 2010. Lafontaine . J. Donald. Schmidt . B. Christian. ZooKeys. 40. 127–47. 10.3897/zookeys.40.414. 2010ZooK...40....1L. free.
• Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, III. 2015. Lafontaine . J. Donald. Schmidt . B. Christian. ZooKeys. 527. 227–236. 10.3897/zookeys.527.6151. 4668890. 26692790. 2015ZooK..527..127L. free.
• Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. 2016. Pohl . Greg. Patterson . Bob. Pelham . Jonathan. 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. free.