K. Mikkola et al., REVISION OF THE XESTIA-SPECIOSA AND X-ALPICOLA COMPLEXES IN EUROPE (LEPIDOPTERA, NOCTUIDAE), Entomologica Fennica, 5(2), 1994, pp. 125-128
Xestia (Anomogyna) viridescens (Turati, 1919) stat. n. from the southe
rn Alps is a species distinct from X. speciosa (Hubner, 1813). The sou
thern Fennoscandian subspecies of X. (A.) speciosa is ssp. baltica (Va
lle, 1940) stat. rev., and that of X. (A.) alpicola (Zetterstedt, 1839
) is ssp. iveni (Hubner, 1870) stat. rev.