''Agrotis'' is a

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moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...

. The genus was erected by

Ferdinand Ochsenheimer Ferdinand Ochsenheimer (17 March 1767 – 2 November 1822) was a German actor and entomologist (lepidopterist). Life Ochsenheimer was born and brought up in Mainz (then in the Electorate of Mainz) and began to show an interest in butterflies ...

in 1816. A number of the species of this genus are

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Description

The proboscis is well developed. Palpi obliquely porrect (extending forward), where the second joint evenly scaled and third joint prominent. Thorax and abdomen without tufts. Abdomen somewhat flattened. Tibia very strongly spined. Forewings with non-crenulate outer margin. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from cell.

Ecology

Many of the species are of great importance as

cutworm Cutworms are moth larvae that hide under litter or soil during the day, coming out in the dark to feed on plants. A larva typically attacks the first part of the plant it encounters, namely the stem, often of a seedling, and consequently cuts it ...

s, major agricultural pests whose

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e hide by day and emerge at night to feed. The name ''cutworm'' refers to the habit of the larvae, of cutting down and partly eating garden and crop plants, especially seedlings. Not all cutworms are in the genus ''Agrotis'', though it may well be the genus that includes the largest number of cutworm species, and the most agriculturally important cutworm species. The

bogong moth The bogong moth (''Agrotis infusa'') is a temperate species of Nocturnal, night-flying moth, notable for its biannual long-distance seasonal Lepidoptera migration, migrations towards and from the Australian Alps, similar to the diurnal monarch ...

, itself a cutworm, also has been of importance as a seasonal

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for humans, valued by indigenous Australians.

Species

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Agrotis admirationis ''Agrotis admirationis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described by Achille Guenée Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomolo ...

'' Guenée, 1868 * '' Agrotis alexandriensis'' Baker, 1894 * '' Agrotis alpestris'' Boisduval, 1837 * ''

Agrotis alticaffer ''Agrotis alticaffer'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Krüger in 2005. It is endemic to Lesotho Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho and formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Ent ...

'' Krüger, 2005 * ''

Agrotis altivagans ''Agrotis'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. A number of the species of this genus are extinct. Description The proboscis is well developed. Palpi obliquely porrect (exten ...

'' (Varga, 1979) * ''

Agrotis antica ''Agrotis antica'' is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controver ...

'' Crabo & Lafontaine, 2004 * ''

Agrotis apicalis ''Agrotis apicalis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1868. It is found in Florida, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Cuba. The wingspan The wingspan (or just sp ...

'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1868 * ''

Agrotis amphora ''Agrotis amphora'' is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in ...

'' Hampson, 1903 * ''

Agrotis andina ''Agrotis andina'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Maule Region and Biobío Region of Chile as well as the Tucumán Province of Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern ...

'' (Köhler, 1945) * ''

Agrotis araucaria ''Agrotis araucaria'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Concepción region of Chile as well as the Neuquén Province of Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of S ...

'' (Hampson, 1903) * ''

Agrotis arenarius ''Agrotis arenarius'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superf ...

'' Neil, 1983 * ''

Agrotis arenivolans ''Agrotis arenivolans'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to Maui, East Maui and Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One ...

'' Butler, 1879 * ''

Agrotis atrux ''Agrotis'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. A number of the species of this genus are extinct. Description The proboscis is well developed. Palpi obliquely porrect (exte ...

'' Pinker, 1971 * ''

Agrotis aulacias ''Agrotis aulacias'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Maui Maui (; Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ) is the second largest island in the Hawaiian archi ...

'' Meyrick, 1899 * ''

Agrotis baliopa ''Agrotis baliopa'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to Maui, East Maui and Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of t ...

'' Meyrick, 1899 * ''

Agrotis bilitura ''Agrotis bilitura'', the potato cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the Tarapacá Region to the Magallanes Region and the Juan Fernández Islands in Chile, Argentina, Huánuco Region in Peru and Uruguay Uruguay ...

'' Guenée, 1852 * ''

Agrotis bigramma ''Agrotis bigramma'', the great dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1790. It is found along the Baltic Sea's southern shore to China, the Levant and North Africa. Mig ...

'' (Esper, 1790) * '' Agrotis boetica'' (Boisduval, 1837) * '' Agrotis bosqui'' (Köhler, 1945) * '' Agrotis brachystria'' (Hampson 1903) * '' Agrotis brachypecten'' Hampson, 1899 * '' Agrotis bryani'' Swezey, 1926 * '' Agrotis buchholzi'' Barnes & Benjamin, 1929 (syn: ''Agrotis carolina'' Schweitzer & McCabe, 2004) * '' Agrotis caffer'' (Hampson, 1903) * '' Agrotis canities'' (Grote, 1902) * '' Agrotis ceramophaea'' Meyrick, 1899 * '' Agrotis characteristica'' Alphéraky, 1892 * '' Agrotis charmocrita'' (Meyrick, 1928) * '' Agrotis chretieni'' Dumont, 1903 * '' Agrotis cinerea'' Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 – light feathered rustic moth * '' Agrotis clavis'' Hufnagel, 1766 – heart-and-club moth * '' Agrotis consentanea'' Mabille, 1880 * '' Agrotis coquimbensis'' (Hampson, 1903) * '' Agrotis crassa'' Hübner, 1803 *

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'' Agrotis cremata'' Butler, 1880 – Maui agrotis noctuid moth *

'' Agrotis crinigera'' Butler, 1881 – poko noctuid moth, larger Hawaiian cutworm moth * '' Agrotis cursoriodes'' (Hampson, 1903) * '' Agrotis daedalus'' Smith, 1890 * '' Agrotis desertorum'' Boisduval, 1840 * '' Agrotis dislocata'' Walker, 1856 * '' Agrotis dissociata'' Staudinger, 1899 * '' Agrotis edmondsi'' Butler, 1882 * '' Agrotis emboloma'' Lower, 1918 * '' Agrotis endogaea'' Boisduval, 1837 * '' Agrotis epicremna'' Meyrick, 1899 * '' Agrotis eremata'' (Butler, 1880) * '' Agrotis evanescens'' Rothschild 1894 * '' Agrotis exclamationis'' Linnaeus, 1758 – heart-and-dart moth * '' Agrotis experta'' (Walker, 1869) *

Agrotis fasciata The Midway noctuid moth (''Agrotis fasciata''), also known as Midway mudworm, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It is now possibly extinct and was endemic to Midway Atoll Midway Atoll (colloquialism, colloquial: Midway Islands; ...

'' Hübner, 1824 – Midway noctuid moth * '' Agrotis fatidica'' Hübner, 1824 * '' Agrotis fortunata'' Draudt, 1938 * '' Agrotis frosya'' Pekarsky, 2014 TL: Bering Island * '' Agrotis giffardi'' (Swezey, 1932) * '' Agrotis gladiaria'' Morrison, 1875 – swordsman dart moth, clay-backed cutworm moth * '' Agrotis graslini'' Rambur, 1848 * '' Agrotis gravis'' Grote, 1874 * '' Agrotis gypaetina'' Guenée, 1852 * '' Agrotis haesitans'' Walker, 1857 * '' Agrotis haifae'' Staudinger, 1897 * '' Agrotis hephaestaea'' (Meyrick, 1899) * '' Agrotis herzogi'' Rebel, 1911 * ''

Agrotis hispidula ''Agrotis hispidula'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the Valparaíso to the Aisén Region in Chile and the Santa Cruz and Mendoza provinces as well as the Bariloche region of Argentina. The wingspan The wingspan (or j ...

'' Guenée, 1852 * '' Agrotis incognita'' Staudinger, 1888 * '' Agrotis inconsequens'' Rothschild, 1920 * ''

Agrotis infusa The bogong moth (''Agrotis infusa'') is a temperate species of night-flying moth, notable for its biannual long-distance seasonal migrations towards and from the Australian Alps, similar to the diurnal monarch butterfly. During the autumn an ...

'' Boisduval, 1832 – bogong * '' Agrotis innominata'' Hudson, 1898 * '' Agrotis interjectionis'' Guénée, 1852 * ''

Agrotis ipsilon ''Agrotis ipsilon'', the dark sword-grass, ipsilon dart, black cutworm, greasy cutworm or floodplain cutworm, is a small Noctuidae, noctuid moth found worldwide. The moth gets its scientific name from black markings on its forewings shaped like t ...

'' Hufnagel, 1766 – ipsilon dart moth, dark sword-grass moth * '' Agrotis iremeli'' Nupponen, Ahola & Kullberg, 2001 *

'' Agrotis kerri'' Swezey, 1920 – Kerr's noctuid moth * ''

Agrotis kinabaluensis ''Agrotis kinabaluensis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to Borneo. External linksSpecies info
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'' Holloway, 1976 * '' Agrotis kingi'' McDunnough, 1932 * '' Agrotis lanzarotensis'' Rebel, 1894 (syn: ''Agrotis selvagensis'' Pinker & Bacallado, 1978) * '' Agrotis lasserrei'' (Oberthür, 1881) * '' Agrotis lata'' Treitschke, 1835 *

'' Agrotis laysanensis'' Rothschild, 1894 – Laysan noctuid moth * '' Agrotis longicornis'' Lafontaine & Troubridge, 2004 * ''

Agrotis longidentifera ''Agrotis longidentifera'', the brown cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae described by George Hampson in 1903. It is found in eastern and southern Africa and several islands in the Indian Ocean. The adults have a wing length of about 16&nb ...

'' (Hampson, 1903) * '' Agrotis luehri'' Mentzer & Moberg, 1987 * '' Agrotis magnipunctata'' Prout, 1922 * '' Agrotis malefida'' Guénée, 1852 – rascal dart moth, pale-sided cutworm moth * '' Agrotis manifesta'' Morrison, 1875 * '' Agrotis margelanoides'' (Boursin, 1944) *

'' Agrotis melanoneura'' Meyrick, 1899Zipcodezoo ''Agrotis melanoneura''
– black-veined agrotis noctuid moth * '' Agrotis mayrorum'' Ronkay & Huemer, 2018 * '' Agrotis mazeli'' Ronkay & Huemer, 2018 * '' Agrotis mesotoxa'' Meyrick, 1899 *

'' Agrotis microreas'' Meyrick, 1899 – microreas agrotis noctuid moth * '' Agrotis militaris'' Staudinger, 1888 (syn: ''Rhyacia furushonis'' Matsumura, 1925) * ''

Agrotis mollis ''Agrotis'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. A number of the species of this genus are extinct. Description The proboscis is well developed. Palpi obliquely porrect (extend ...

'' Walker, 1857 * '' Agrotis munda'' Walker, 1857 – brown cutworm moth, pink cutworm moth * '' Agrotis obesa'' Boisduval, 1829 * '' Agrotis obliqua'' Smith, 1903 * '' Agrotis orthogonia'' Morrison, 1876 – pale western cutworm moth *

'' Agrotis panoplias'' Meyrick, 1899 – Kona agrotis noctuid moth * '' Agrotis patricei'' Viette, 1959 * '' Agrotis perigramma'' Meyrick, 1899 *

'' Agrotis photophila'' Butler, 1879 – light-loving noctuid moth * '' Agrotis pierreti'' (Bugnion, 1837) * '' Agrotis plumiger'' Krüger, 2005 * '' Agrotis poliophaea'' Turner, 1926 * '' Agrotis poliotis'' Hampson, 1903 * ''

Agrotis porphyricollis ''Agrotis porphyricollis'' (variable cutworm) is a noctuid moth. It is found in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wing ...

'' Guénée, 1852 – variable cutworm moth *

'' Agrotis procellaris'' Meyrick, 1900 – procellaris grotis noctuid moth * '' Agrotis psammocharis'' Boursin, 1950 * '' Agrotis psammophaea'' Meyrick, 1899 * '' Agrotis puta'' Hübner, 1803 – shuttle-shaped dart moth * '' Agrotis radians'' Guénée, 1852 * '' Agrotis rileyana'' (Morrison, 1875) * ''

Agrotis ripae ''Agrotis ripae'', the sand dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is found in western Europe and North Africa and extends east across the Palearctic to steppe areas in Russia, Mongol ...

'' Hübner, 1823 – sand dart moth * '' Agrotis robustior'' Smith, 1899 * '' Agrotis ruta'' Eversmann, 1851 * '' Agrotis sabulosa'' Rambur, 1839 * '' Agrotis sardzeana'' Brandt, 1941 * '' Agrotis schawerdai'' Bytinski-Salz, 1937 * '' Agrotis scruposa'' (Draudt, 1936) * ''

Agrotis segetum ''Agrotis segetum'', sometimes known as the turnip moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is a common European species and it is found in Africa and across ...

'' Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 – turnip moth * '' Agrotis sesamioides'' Rebel, 1907 * '' Agrotis simplonia'' Geyer, 1832 * '' Agrotis spinifera'' Hübner, 1808 – Gregson's dart moth * '' Agrotis stenibergmani'' (Bryk, 1941) (syn: ''Rhyacia stenibergmani poverina'' Bryk, 1942) * '' Agrotis stigmosa'' Morrison, 1875 * '' Agrotis striata'' Lafontaine, 2004 * '' Agrotis subalba'' Walker, 1857 * '' Agrotis submolesta'' Püngeler,

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1900 * '' Agrotis syricola'' Corti & Draudt, 1933 * '' Agrotis taiwana'' B.S.Chang, 1991 * '' Agrotis talda'' (Schaus & Clements, 1893) *

'' Agrotis tephrias'' Meyrick, 1899 – Kauai agrotis noctuid moth * '' Agrotis trifurca'' Eversmann, 1837 * '' Agrotis trifurcula'' Staudinger, 1892 * ''

Agrotis trux ''Agrotis trux'', the crescent dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was Species description, first described by Jacob Hübner in 1824. It has a circum-Mediterranean distribution and is found along the coasts of France, Ireland, Eng ...

'' Hübner, 1824 * '' Agrotis turatii'' Standfuss, 1888 * '' Agrotis turbans'' Staudinger, 1888 * '' Agrotis vancouverensis'' Grote, 1873 – Vancouver dart moth * ''

Agrotis venerabilis ''Agrotis venerabilis'', the dusky cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1857. It is found from coast to coast from central Canada south to Mexico. The wingspan is about 37 mm. Ad ...

'' Walker, 1857 – venerable dart moth, dusky cutworm moth * '' Agrotis vestigialis'' Hufnagel, 1766 – archer's dart * '' Agrotis vetusta'' Walker, 1865 – old man dart moth, spotted-legged cutworm moth, muted dart moth * '' Agrotis villosus'' Alphéraky, 1887 * '' Agrotis volubilis'' Harvey, 1874 – voluble dart moth * '' Agrotis xiphias'' Meyrick, 1899 * '' Agrotis yelai'' Fibiger, 1990

Until recently placed here

* ''Agrotis dolli'' is now '' Eucoptocnemis dolli'' (Grote, 1882) * ''Agrotis repleta'' is now '' Feltia repleta'' (Walker, 1857) * ''Agrotis subterranea'' – tawny shoulder, granulate cutworm is now '' Feltia subterranea'' (Fabricius, 1794)

References

* Pekarsky, O. (2014). "Contribution to the knowledge of Noctuidae fauna of Bering island." ''Fibigeriana supplement'': 2. 177–200 pp. color plates 299–304 pp. * Varga, Z. (1979). "Neue Noctuiden aus der Sammlung Vartian (Wien), II. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). ''Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen'' 31: 1-12.

External links

''Agrotis'' - Encyclopaedia of Life
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