Xestia gelida is a species of moth belonging to the family Noctuidae, found in Fennoscandia and northern Russia. It was first collected by Jacob Sparre Schneider on an expedition in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway in 1882, and was described the following year. This was the only specimen known in Norway until 2010, when it was rediscovered in Nord-Trøndelag county.