Xylena cineritia, the gray swordgrass moth, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae.

It is found in northern North America, from New Jersey to Newfoundland and from California to British Columbia.

[1][2][3] It eats alder, birch, blueberry, Buffaloberry (Shepherdia canadensis), elder (Sambucus spp.

), maple, meadowsweet, oak, poplar, rose, and willow.

[4] The MONA or Hodges number for Xylena cineritia is 9876.