''Agrotis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s of the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the othe ...

. 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 butterflie ...

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

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

larva A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. Th ...

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 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 a ...

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

food Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is ...

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 ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked as an enclave in South Africa. It is situated in ...

'' 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 (exte ...

'' (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 of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily ...

'' 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 of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea beca ...

'' 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. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distan ...

'' (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. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from ...

'' (Hampson, 1903) * ''

Agrotis arenarius ''Agrotis arenarius'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to Sable Island, Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the fou ...

'' Neil, 1983 * ''

Agrotis arenivolans ''Agrotis arenivolans'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to Maui, East Maui and Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. main ...

'' 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 Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomol ...

'' Meyrick, 1899 * ''

Agrotis baliopa ''Agrotis baliopa'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to Maui, East Maui and Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland ...

'' 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. The wingspan ...

'' 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 from along the southern shores of the Baltic Sea to China, the Levant and North Af ...

'' (Esper, 1790) * ''

Agrotis boetica ''Agrotis boetica'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the desert regions of North Africa and southern Spain, with its range extending east to Israel. Adults are on wing from October to November. There is one generation per year. ...

'' (Boisduval, 1837) * ''

Agrotis bosqui ''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 ...

'' (Köhler, 1945) * ''

Agrotis brachystria ''Agrotis brachystria'' is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Argentina and Rio Grande do Sul in Brasil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in ...

'' (Hampson 1903) * '' Agrotis brachypecten'' Hampson, 1899 * ''

Agrotis bryani ''Agrotis bryani'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1926. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Nihoa. External links

* Agrotis Endemic moths of Hawaii Moths described in 1926 {{Agrotis ...

'' Swezey, 1926 * ''

Agrotis buchholzi ''Agrotis buchholzi'', or Buchholz's dart moth, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It was first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin Foster Hendrickson Benjamin (1895–1936) was an American ent ...

'' Barnes & Benjamin, 1929 (syn: ''Agrotis carolina'' Schweitzer & McCabe, 2004) * ''

Agrotis caffer ''Agrotis caffer'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1903. It is endemic to Lesotho and South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. ...

'' (Hampson, 1903) * ''

Agrotis canities ''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 ...

'' (Grote, 1902) * ''

Agrotis ceramophaea ''Agrotis ceramophaea'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United S ...

'' Meyrick, 1899 * ''

Agrotis characteristica ''Agrotis characteristica'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Ukraine, the southern Urals, western Siberia, the Altai mountains, the Sayan Mountains, Transbaikal, Mongolia, northern China (Ordos, Hotan) and the Korean Peninsula ...

'' Alphéraky, 1892 * ''

Agrotis charmocrita ''Agrotis charmocrita'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1928. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Molokai Molokai , or Molokai (), is the fifth most populated of the eight major is ...

'' (Meyrick, 1928) * ''

Agrotis chretieni ''Agrotis chretieni'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in France and on the Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Pen� ...

'' Dumont, 1903 * '' Agrotis cinerea'' Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 – light feathered rustic moth * ''

Agrotis clavis The heart and club (''Agrotis clavis'') is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout the Palearctic realm. The common name of this species refers to the supposed shapes of the bold dark Glossary of entomology terms, stigmata ...

'' Hufnagel, 1766 – heart-and-club moth * ''

Agrotis consentanea ''Agrotis consentanea'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found on Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar) ...

'' Mabille, 1880 * ''

Agrotis coquimbensis ''Agrotis coquimbensis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, ...

'' (Hampson, 1903) * ''

Agrotis crassa ''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 from along the southern shores of the Baltic Sea to China, the Levant and North Af ...

'' Hübner, 1803 *

† A dagger, obelisk, or obelus is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. The symbol is also used to indicate death (of people) or extinction (of species). It is one of the modern descendan ...

Agrotis cremata ''Agrotis cremata'' (Maui agrotis noctuid moth) was a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is now presumed extinct. Before its extinction, it was endemic to Maui, Hawaii, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly ...

'' Butler, 1880 – Maui agrotis noctuid moth *

'' Agrotis crinigera'' Butler, 1881 – poko noctuid moth, larger Hawaiian cutworm moth * ''

Agrotis cursoriodes ''Agrotis cursoriodes'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because man ...

'' (Hampson, 1903) * ''

Agrotis daedalus ''Agrotis daedalus'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout the Great Plains, from west Texas, New Mexico and Arizona west to northern Nevada north to southern Alberta and south central Saskatchewan. The wingspan The wing ...

'' Smith, 1890 * ''

Agrotis desertorum ''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 ...

'' Boisduval, 1840 * ''

Agrotis dislocata ''Agrotis dislocata'', the lesser native cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai, Hawaii and Laysan. The l ...

'' Walker, 1856 * ''

Agrotis dissociata ''Agrotis dissociata'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Punta Arenas and Patagonia in Chile as well as the Neuquén and Mendoza provinces of Argentina. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane i ...

'' Staudinger, 1899 * ''

Agrotis edmondsi ''Agrotis edmondsi'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Maule, Biobío and Araucanía regions of Chile. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other w ...

'' Butler, 1882 * ''

Agrotis emboloma ''Agrotis emboloma'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the lan ...

'' Lower, 1918 * ''

Agrotis endogaea ''Agrotis endogaea'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Greece, Corsica, Sardinia, Tunisia and the Canary Islands. It was recently recorded from Sicily. Larvae have been recorded on ''Genista Genista is a genus of flowering ...

'' Boisduval, 1837 * ''

Agrotis epicremna ''Agrotis epicremna'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to Kauai, Molokai, Maui and East Maui. The larvae are thought to feed on ''Argyroxiphium ''Argyroxiphium'' is a small genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. Its memb ...

'' Meyrick, 1899 * ''

Agrotis eremata ''Agrotis eremata'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu Oahu () ( Hawaiian: ''Oʻahu'' ()), also known as "The Gathering Place", is the th ...

'' (Butler, 1880) * '' Agrotis evanescens'' Rothschild 1894 * ''

Agrotis exclamationis The heart and dart (''Agrotis exclamationis'') is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. A familiar moth to many, it is considered one of the most commo ...

'' Linnaeus, 1758 – heart-and-dart moth * ''

Agrotis experta ''Agrotis experta'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Tarapacá and Antofagasta regions of Chile and the Callao District of Peru. The wingspan is 40–60 mm. Adults are on wing from April to October. The larvae have been ...

'' (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 Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geogra ...

'' Hübner, 1824 – Midway noctuid moth * ''

Agrotis fatidica ''Agrotis fatidica'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Southern and Central Europe, east through Russia to Mongolia, China and Tibet. The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August depending on the lo ...

'' Hübner, 1824 * ''

Agrotis fortunata ''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 ...

'' Draudt, 1938 * '' Agrotis frosya'' Pekarsky, 2014 TL: Bering Island * '' Agrotis giffardi'' (Swezey, 1932) * ''

Agrotis gladiaria ''Agrotis gladiaria'', the swordsman dart or claybacked cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in south-eastern Canada from Nova Scotia to Ontario and in the United States from Maine to the panhandle of Florida, west to eastern T ...

'' Morrison, 1875 – swordsman dart moth, clay-backed cutworm moth * ''

Agrotis graslini ''Agrotis graslini'', or Woods's dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jules Pierre Rambur in 1848. It is known from coastal dunes in the western Mediterranean region. It was found on Jersey in 2001. Further ...

'' Rambur, 1848 * ''

Agrotis gravis ''Agrotis gravis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from British Columbia, south to California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a ...

'' Grote, 1874 * '' Agrotis gypaetina'' Guenée, 1852 * ''

Agrotis haesitans ''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 ...

'' Walker, 1857 * '' Agrotis haifae'' Staudinger, 1897 * ''

Agrotis hephaestaea ''Agrotis hephaestaea'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu and Molokai. The larvae feed on ''Wikstroemia ''Wikstroemia'' is a genus of 55- ...

'' (Meyrick, 1899) * ''

Agrotis herzogi ''Agrotis herzogi'' (Spalding's dart) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the eremic zone from North Africa to the Arabian Peninsula and Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, i ...

'' 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 ju ...

'' Guenée, 1852 * ''

Agrotis incognita ''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 ...

'' 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 ''Agrotis innominata'' is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the coastal regions of New Zealand and is the only Agrotis species that is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy ''A. innominata'' was first described by George Hu ...

'' Hudson, 1898 * ''

Agrotis interjectionis ''Agrotis interjectionis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Northern Territory of Australia, Malaysia and from Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi to Vanuatu. The larvae are considered a pest on a wide range of tropical crops in So ...

'' Guénée, 1852 * ''

Agrotis ipsilon ''Agrotis ipsilon'', the dark sword-grass, black cutworm, greasy cutworm, floodplain cutworm or ipsilon dart, is a small noctuid moth found worldwide. The moth gets its scientific name from black markings on its forewings shaped like the letter ...

'' Hufnagel, 1766 – ipsilon dart moth, dark sword-grass moth * ''

Agrotis iremeli ''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 ...

'' Nupponen, Ahola & Kullberg, 2001 *

Agrotis kerri Kerr's noctuid moth (''Agrotis kerri'') is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. This moth is endemic to the French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands or Leeward Hawaiian Islands are a se ...

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

Agrotis kinabaluensis ''Agrotis kinabaluensis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime S ...

'' Holloway, 1976 * ''

Agrotis kingi ''Agrotis kingi'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to th ...

'' McDunnough, 1932 * ''

Agrotis lanzarotensis ''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 ...

'' Rebel, 1894 (syn: ''Agrotis selvagensis'' Pinker & Bacallado, 1978) * ''

Agrotis lasserrei ''Agrotis lasserrei'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is widespread throughout most of the eremic zone of the Palearctic realm, from south-east Spain and the western part of the Sahara to Turkmenistan and Iran Iran, officially ...

'' (Oberthür, 1881) * ''

Agrotis lata ''Agrotis lata'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1835. It is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Portugal and Spain, as well as on Sardinia, Sicily and Malta. It has also been rec ...

'' Treitschke, 1835 *

'' Agrotis laysanensis'' Rothschild, 1894 – Laysan noctuid moth * ''

Agrotis longicornis ''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 ...

'' Lafontaine & Troubridge, 2004 * '' Agrotis longidentifera'' (Hampson, 1903) * ''

Agrotis luehri ''Agrotis luehri'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Noctuidae. It is native to Norway. References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q13255795 Noctuidae Moths described in 1987 ...

'' Mentzer & Moberg, 1987 * ''

Agrotis magnipunctata ''Agrotis magnipunctata'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to Buru and Seram Seram (formerly spelled Ceram; also Seran or Serang) is the largest and main island of Maluku province of Indonesia, despite Ambon Island's historica ...

'' Prout, 1922 * ''

Agrotis malefida ''Agrotis malefida'', the rascal dart or palesided cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from North Carolina and Kentucky south to Florida, west to Arizona, and north to southern Kansas. It is also found in the Neotropics from M ...

'' Guénée, 1852 – rascal dart moth, pale-sided cutworm moth * ''

Agrotis manifesta ''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 ...

'' Morrison, 1875 * ''

Agrotis margelanoides ''Agrotis margelanoides'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is only known from the Levant, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island count ...

'' (Boursin, 1944) *

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

Agrotis mazeli ''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 ...

'' Ronkay & Huemer, 2018 * ''

Agrotis mesotoxa ''Agrotis mesotoxa'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to Kauai, Maui and Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. I ...

'' Meyrick, 1899 *

Agrotis microreas ''Agrotis microreas'' (microreas agrotis noctuid moth) was a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is now an extinct species. Before its extinction within the last century, it was endemic to Hawaii, United States The United States of America ...

'' Meyrick, 1899 – microreas agrotis noctuid moth * ''

Agrotis militaris ''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 ...

'' 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 (exte ...

'' Walker, 1857 * ''

Agrotis munda ''Agrotis munda'', the brown cutworm or pink cutworm, is a noctuid moth. It is endemic to Australia. It is present in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two m ...

'' Walker, 1857 – brown cutworm moth, pink cutworm moth * ''

Agrotis obesa ''Agrotis obesa'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from south-eastern Europe, the Near East and the Middle East to China. In North Africa, it is known from Morocco to Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orth ...

'' Boisduval, 1829 * ''

Agrotis obliqua ''Agrotis obliqua'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Edgar Albert Smith in 1903. It is found in North America from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island, south to Colorado, Arizona and California. The wingspan The wingspan ( ...

'' Smith, 1903 * ''

Agrotis orthogonia ''Agrotis orthogonia'', the pale western cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Herbert Knowles Morrison in 1876. It is found in North America, more specifically dry, semi-desert areas of western North Am ...

'' Morrison, 1876 – pale western cutworm moth *

Agrotis panoplias ''Agrotis panoplias'', the Kona agrotis noctuid moth, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It is now considered as possibly extinct. Formerly, it was endemic to Kona District, Hawaii Kona is a ''moku'' or district on the Big Islan ...

'' Meyrick, 1899 – Kona agrotis noctuid moth * ''

Agrotis patricei ''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 ...

'' Viette, 1959 * ''

Agrotis perigramma ''Agrotis perigramma'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the island of Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the ...

'' Meyrick, 1899 *

'' Agrotis photophila'' Butler, 1879 – light-loving noctuid moth * '' Agrotis pierreti'' (Bugnion, 1837) * ''

Agrotis plumiger ''Agrotis plumiger'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Martin Krüger in 2005. It is endemic to Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave ...

'' Krüger, 2005 * ''

Agrotis poliophaea ''Agrotis poliophaea'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external ...

'' Turner, 1926 * ''

Agrotis poliotis ''Agrotis poliotis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Northern Territory of Queensland and Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the lan ...

'' Hampson, 1903 * '' Agrotis porphyricollis'' Guénée, 1852 – variable cutworm moth *

Agrotis procellaris ''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 ...

'' Meyrick, 1900 – procellaris grotis noctuid moth * '' Agrotis psammocharis'' Boursin, 1950 * ''

Agrotis psammophaea ''Agrotis psammophaea'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western ...

'' Meyrick, 1899 * ''

Agrotis puta ''Agrotis puta'', the shuttle-shaped dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1803. It is common in the western part of Europe, but is also found in southern and central Europe, as well as Nort ...

'' Hübner, 1803 – shuttle-shaped dart moth * '' Agrotis radians'' Guénée, 1852 * ''

Agrotis rileyana ''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 ...

'' (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 ''Agrotis ruta'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1851. It has a Holarctic distribution. In North America it has a northern distribution, occurring from Alaska and the Yukon Territory to Labrador ...

'' Eversmann, 1851 * '' Agrotis sabulosa'' Rambur, 1839 * '' Agrotis sardzeana'' Brandt, 1941 * ''

Agrotis schawerdai ''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 ...

'' Bytinski-Salz, 1937 * ''

Agrotis scruposa ''Agrotis scruposa'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic of the Levant and known only from some localities in Turkey and Israel. Adults are on wing in July to August. There is one generation per year. External links Noctuinae of Isr ...

'' (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 ''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 ...

'' Rebel, 1907 * ''

Agrotis simplonia ''Agrotis simplonia'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Alps, Pyrenees, the Cantabrian Mountains and the Apennine Mountains on heights between 1,200 and 3,000 meters. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or ...

'' Geyer, 1832 * ''

Agrotis spinifera ''Agrotis spinifera'', or Gregson's dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1808. It is found in southern Europe, Arabia to southern Africa, Madagascar, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakista ...

'' Hübner, 1808 – Gregson's dart moth * '' Agrotis stenibergmani'' (Bryk, 1941) (syn: ''Rhyacia stenibergmani poverina'' Bryk, 1942) * '' Agrotis stigmosa'' Morrison, 1875 * ''

Agrotis striata ''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 ...

'' Lafontaine, 2004 * ''

Agrotis subalba ''Agrotis subalba'', the grey cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1857. It is found in South Africa. It is considered a pest on ''Zea mays Maize ( ; ''Zea mays'' subsp. ''may ...

'' Walker, 1857 * ''

Agrotis submolesta ''Agrotis submolesta'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north ...

'' Püngeler,

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1900 * ''

Agrotis syricola ''Agrotis syricola'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the eastern part of Mediterranean Basin, more specifically southern Italy, Greece, southern Bulgaria, the Mediterranean part of Turkey, Jordan and Israel Israel (; h ...

'' Corti & Draudt, 1933 * '' Agrotis taiwana'' B.S.Chang, 1991 * ''

Agrotis talda ''Agrotis talda'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae described by William Schaus and W. G. Clements in 1893. It is found in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West A ...

'' (Schaus & Clements, 1893) *

Agrotis tephrias ''Agrotis tephrias'' (Kauai agrotis noctuid moth) was a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is now an extinct species. Before its extinction within the last century, it was endemic to Kauai, Hawaii, United States The United States of Ameri ...

'' Meyrick, 1899 – Kauai agrotis noctuid moth * ''

Agrotis trifurca ''Agrotis trifurca'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Turkestan, Siberia, south-eastern Ukraine, the Altai Mountains, Tibet, China, Mongolia, the Amur region and the Korean Peninsula. It is also found in the eastern Carpathian ...

'' Eversmann, 1837 * '' Agrotis trifurcula'' Staudinger, 1892 * ''

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

'' Hübner, 1824 * ''

Agrotis turatii ''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 ...

'' Standfuss, 1888 * ''

Agrotis turbans ''Agrotis turbans'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Uzbekistan. Agrotis Moths described in 1888 Endemic fauna of Uzbekistan Moths of Asia {{Agrotis-stub ...

'' Staudinger, 1888 * ''

Agrotis vancouverensis ''Agrotis vancouverensis'', the Vancouver dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. It is found in the Pacific Northwest of North America and is common west of the Cascade Mount ...

'' 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 ''Agrotis vetusta'', the old man dart, spotted-legged cutworm or muted dart (when referring to ''Agrotis vetusta mutata'') is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found in North Americ ...

'' Walker, 1865 – old man dart moth, spotted-legged cutworm moth, muted dart moth * ''

Agrotis villosus ''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 ...

'' Alphéraky, 1887 * ''

Agrotis volubilis ''Agrotis volubilis'', the voluble dart moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Leon F. Harvey in 1874. It is found in North America, from Newfoundland to British Columbia in Canada and in the United States f ...

'' Harvey, 1874 – voluble dart moth * ''

Agrotis xiphias ''Agrotis xiphias'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomolo ...

'' Meyrick, 1899 * ''

Agrotis yelai ''Agrotis yelai'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' ( Latin)(English ...

'' Fibiger, 1990

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* ''Agrotis dolli'' is now ''

Eucoptocnemis dolli ''Eucoptocnemis dolli'' is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Arizona and California. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For examp ...

'' (Grote, 1882) * ''Agrotis repleta'' is now ''

Feltia repleta The replete dart (''Feltia repleta'') is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a tropical species found from Argentina and Brazil to Mexico and occurs occasionally in Florida, Louisiana and southern Texas. The wingspan The wingspan (or just ...

'' (Walker, 1857) * ''Agrotis subterranea'' – tawny shoulder, granulate cutworm is now ''

Feltia subterranea ''Feltia subterranea'', formerly known as ''Agrotis subterranea'', and commonly known as the granulate cutworm or tawny shoulder, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, from Massachusetts and New York to California and ...

'' (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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