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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Noctuini » Agrotina » Agrotis

Genus Agrotis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

1203 Agrotis vancouverensis - Vancouver Dart Moth 10652 - Agrotis vancouverensis

Ipsilon Dart - Hodges#10663 - Agrotis ipsilon

Noctuidae: Agrotis vetusta - Agrotis vetusta

Lepidoptera - Agrotis venerabilis - female

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Noctuini

Subtribe Agrotina

Genus Agrotis

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1816

synonyms:

Scotia Hübner, [1821]

Agronoma Hübner, [1821]

Georyx Hübner, [1821]

Noctua Boisduval, 1829

Psammophila Stephens, 1850

Tetrapyrgia Walker, 1865

Elegarda Walker, 1865

Comophorus Alphéraky, 1887

Porosagrotis Smith, 1890

Lycophorus Staudinger, 1901

Mesembreuxoa Hampson, 1903

Onychagrotis Hampson, 1903

Neosema Rebel, 1907

Powellinia Oberthür, 1912

Hermonassoides Strand, 1915

Brachypteragrotis Viette, 1959

Himachalia Hacker & Peks, 1992

Crassagrotis Beck, [1992]

Putagrotis Beck, [1992]

Leucagrotis Beck, [1992]

Militagrotis Beck, [1992]

Striagrotis Beck, 1996

Exagrotis Beck, 1996

Ripagrotis Beck, 1996

Spinagrotis Beck, 1996

Schawagrotis Beck, 1996

Explanation of Names

Generic epithet from Greek άγρότις meaning "dwelling in the country." (1)

Numbers

Twenty-three species are found in America north of Mexico.(2)

Ten species in eastern Canada; Thirteen species in western Canada (CBIF)

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D. & B.C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p.107 (2)

Internet References

Ferdinand Ochsenheimer (1767–1822)

Works Cited

1.	An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names. Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.

2.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 16 January, 2005 - 3:49pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 13 February, 2018 - 7:31pm

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