Agrotis

Agrotis
	Heart and dart, Agrotis exclamationis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Subtribe:	Agrotina
Genus:	Agrotis; Ochsenheimer, 1816
Synonyms
	Onychagrotis Hampson, 1903;

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 (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.^[1]

Ecology

Many of the species are of great importance as cutworms, major agricultural pests whose larvae 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.^[2] 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, itself a cutworm, also has been of importance as a seasonal food for humans, valued by indigenous Australians.

Species

Agrotis admirationis Guenée, 1868
Agrotis alexandriensis Baker, 1894
Agrotis alpestris Boisduval, 1837
Agrotis alticaffer Krüger, 2005
Agrotis altivagans (Varga, 1979)
Agrotis antica Crabo & Lafontaine, 2004
Agrotis apicalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
Agrotis amphora Hampson, 1903
Agrotis andina (Köhler, 1945)
Agrotis araucaria (Hampson, 1903)
Agrotis arenarius Neil, 1983
Agrotis arenivolans Butler, 1879
Agrotis atrux Pinker, 1971
Agrotis aulacias Meyrick, 1899
Agrotis baliopa Meyrick, 1899
Agrotis bilitura Guenée, 1852
Agrotis bigramma (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
†Agrotis cremata Butler, 1880^[3] – 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 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 Guenée, 1852
Agrotis incognita Staudinger, 1888
Agrotis inconsequens Rothschild, 1920
Agrotis infusa Boisduval, 1832 – bogong
Agrotis innominata Hudson, 1898
Agrotis interjectionis Guénée, 1852
Agrotis ipsilon 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 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 (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, 1899^[4] – 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 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 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 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 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, [1899] 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 Hübner, 1824
Agrotis turatii 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 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

^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Vol. Moths - Vol. II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ Smit, Bernard, "Insects in South Africa: How to Control Them", Pub: Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 1964.
^ Fauna Hawaiiensis
^ Zipcodezoo Agrotis melanoneura Archived March 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

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

[1] Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Vol. Moths - Vol. II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[2] Smit, Bernard, "Insects in South Africa: How to Control Them", Pub: Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 1964.

[3] Fauna Hawaiiensis

[4] Zipcodezoo Agrotis melanoneura Archived March 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

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