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Agrotis ruta

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Agrotis ruta
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A. ruta
Binomial name
Agrotis ruta
Eversmann, 1851
Synonyms
  • Xylina ruta
  • Agrotis patula
  • Agrotis septentrionalis
  • Euxoa kurodakeana
  • Feltia subinformis
  • Euxoa patula

Agrotis ruta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It has a Holarctic distribution. In North America it has a northern distribution, occurring from Alaska and the Yukon Territory to Labrador, south to Northern Manitoba and British Columbia, and in the Rocky Mountains to southern Alberta. Furthermore, it can be found in the Northern Urals, Siberia, Mongolia, China and Japan.

Agrotis patula was placed in synonymity with Agrotis ruta by Kononenko et al. in 1989.

The wingspan is 40–46 mm.