Revision of the Xestia speciosa and X. alpicola complexes in Europe (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Xestia (Anomogyna) viridescens (Turati, 1919) stat. n. from the southern Alps is a species distinct from X. speciosa (Hi.ibner, 1813). The southern Fennoscandian subspecies of X. (A.) speciosa is ssp. baltica (Valle, 1940) stat. rev., and that of X. (A.) alpicola (Zetterstedt, 1839) is ssp. iveni (Hi.ibner, 1870) stat. rev.