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Agrotis xiphias

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Agrotis xiphias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
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.

External links

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.


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