Laysan noctuid moth

Laysan noctuid moth
Conservation status
	; Extinct (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Agrotis
Species:	† A. laysanensis
Binomial name
	† Agrotis laysanensis; (Rothschild, 1894)
	Laysan in relation to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
Synonyms
	Prodenia laysanensis Rothschild, 1894

The Laysan noctuid moth (Agrotis laysanensis) was a species of moth in the Noctuidae family. This species is now extinct.

It was endemic to Laysan, in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

This moth was one, if not the main species, eaten by the likewise extinct Laysan millerbird. Agrotis moths are commonly known as "millers", and the bird was named after its favorite food.

References

^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Agrotis laysanensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. IUCN: e.T707A13069257. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T707A13069257.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

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[1] World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Agrotis laysanensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996. IUCN: e.T707A13069257. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T707A13069257.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

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