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Agrotis xiphias

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Agrotis xiphias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agrotis
Species:
A. xiphias
Binomial name
Agrotis xiphias
Meyrick, 1899
Synonyms
  • Feltia xiphias
  • Euxoa xiphias
  • Euxoa xiphias ab. rufescens Warren, 1912
  • Feltia xiphias ab. xiphioides Strand, 1916

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.

It is a distinctively marked species whose pattern is subject to considerable variation.

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.