''Agrotis melanoneura'' (black-veined agrotis noctuid moth) was a
moth
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in the family
Noctuidae
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. It is now an
extinct species
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.
Before its extinction within the last century, it was
endemic
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to
Hawaii
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,
United States
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.
Zipcodezoo Agrotis melanoneura
Sources
2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Fauna Hawaiiensis
Agrotis
Endemic moths of Hawaii
Extinct Hawaiian animals
Moths described in 1899
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