''Agrotis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 w ...

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 other f ...

. 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

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. The ...

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 inge ...

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 entomolog ...

'' Guenée, 1868 * ''

Agrotis alexandriensis ''Agrotis alexandriensis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the coastal dunes and saline deserts along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea from Tunisia to Egypt. It was also recorded from the sand dunes of the Southern Coastal Pla ...

'' 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 country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enc ...

'' 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 (extend ...

'' (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. It is found in Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the K ...

'' 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 distanc ...

'' (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 o ...

'' (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. mainland. ...

'' 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 (extend ...

'' 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 The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Haw ...

'' 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. It i ...

'' 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 Afr ...

'' (Esper, 1790) * '' Agrotis boetica'' (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 (extend ...

'' (Köhler, 1945) * '' Agrotis brachystria'' (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 Nihoa (; haw, Nīhoa ), also known as Bird Island or Moku Manu, is the tallest of te ...

'' 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 ''Agrotis chretieni'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in France and on the Iberian Peninsula. Adults are on wing from May to June in one generation. Recorded foodplants include ''Quercus'', ''Populus alba'' and ''Ulex ''Ulex ...

'' Dumont, 1903 * ''

Agrotis cinerea ''Agrotis cinerea'', the light feathered rustic, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was Species description, first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in southern and central Europe, northern Turke ...

'' 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 stigmata on the usually pale forewing ...

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

Agrotis consentanea ''Agrotis consentanea'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found on Madagascar and on the islands of the Cosmoledo atoll (Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seyche ...

'' 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, t ...

'' (Hampson, 1903) * '' Agrotis crassa'' Hübner, 1803 * †''

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 k ...

'' Butler, 1880 – Maui agrotis noctuid moth * †'' Agrotis crinigera'' Butler, 1881 – poko noctuid moth, larger Hawaiian cutworm moth * '' Agrotis cursoriodes'' (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'' Boisduval, 1840 * '' Agrotis dislocata'' Walker, 1856 * '' Agrotis dissociata'' 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 wi ...

'' 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 land ...

'' Lower, 1918 * '' Agrotis endogaea'' 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 members ...

'' Meyrick, 1899 * '' Agrotis eremata'' (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 Region, Tarapacá and Antofagasta Region, Antofagasta regions of Chile and the Callao District of Peru. The wingspan is 40–60 mm. Adults are on wing from A ...

'' (Walker, 1869) * †'' Agrotis fasciata'' Hübner, 1824 – Midway noctuid moth * '' Agrotis fatidica'' 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 (extend ...

'' Draudt, 1938 * '' Agrotis frosya'' Pekarsky, 2014 TL: Bering Island * ''

Agrotis giffardi ''Agrotis giffardi'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1932. It is endemic to the island of Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the P ...

'' (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 ''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, is ...

'' Rebel, 1911 * '' Agrotis hispidula'' 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, 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 (extend ...

'' 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 Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relat ...

'' Holloway, 1976 * '' Agrotis kingi'' 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'' (Oberthür, 1881) * '' Agrotis lata'' 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 (exten ...

'' 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 ''Agrotis luehri'' is a species of moth belonging to 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 Noctuoid ...

'' 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'' Guénée, 1852 – rascal dart moth, pale-sided cutworm moth * '' Agrotis manifesta'' Morrison, 1875 * '' Agrotis margelanoides'' (Boursin, 1944) * †''

Agrotis melanoneura ''Agrotis melanoneura'' (black-veined 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 Ame ...

'' Meyrick, 1899Zipcodezoo ''Agrotis melanoneura''
– black-veined agrotis noctuid moth * ''

Agrotis mayrorum ''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 ...

'' 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 (extend ...

'' 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. It is t ...

'' 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 (extend ...

'' Staudinger, 1888 (syn: ''Rhyacia furushonis'' Matsumura, 1925) * '' Agrotis mollis'' 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 ...

'' 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 orthog ...

'' Boisduval, 1829 * '' Agrotis obliqua'' 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'' 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 ''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 land ...

'' Hampson, 1903 * '' Agrotis porphyricollis'' Guénée, 1852 – variable cutworm moth * †'' Agrotis procellaris'' Meyrick, 1900 – procellaris grotis noctuid moth * '' Agrotis psammocharis'' Boursin, 1950 * '' Agrotis psammophaea'' 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'' (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 ''Agrotis robustior'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Smith in 1899. It is found on the northern Great Plains of North America, the Prairie Provinces of Canada southward to South Dakota and Colorado. The wingspan The w ...

'' 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 ''Agrotis sardzeana'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the eremic zone from North Africa to the Arabian Peninsula to Pakistan and India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is t ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' (Bryk, 1941) (syn: ''Rhyacia stenibergmani poverina'' Bryk, 1942) * '' Agrotis stigmosa'' Morrison, 1875 * '' Agrotis striata'' 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'' (corn or maize) and ''Lycopersicon escule ...

'' Walker, 1857 * '' Agrotis submolesta'' Püngeler,

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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 ''Agrotis taiwana'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean ...

'' 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'' 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 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 (extend ...

'' Standfuss, 1888 * '' Agrotis turbans'' Staudinger, 1888 * '' Agrotis vancouverensis'' Grote, 1873 – Vancouver dart moth * '' Agrotis venerabilis'' 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 ''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 ...

'' Alphéraky, 1887 * '' Agrotis volubilis'' Harvey, 1874 – voluble dart moth * ''

Agrotis xiphias ''Agrotis xiphias'' 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 Maui The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the st ...

'' 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 exampl ...

'' (Grote, 1882) * ''Agrotis repleta'' is now '' Feltia repleta'' (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 t ...

'' (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
{{Taxonbar , from=Q1315870 Noctuinae Noctuoidea genera