Agrotis
Agrotis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. A number of the species of this genus are extinct.
Description
The proboscis is well developed. Palpi obliquely porrect, where the second joint evenly scaled and third joint prominent. Thorax and abdomen without tufts. Abdomen somewhat flattened. Tibia very strongly spined. Forewings with non-crenulate outer margin. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from cell.Ecology
Many of the species are of great importance as cutworms, major agricultural pests whose larvae hide by day and emerge at night to feed. The name cutworm refers to the habit of the larvae, of cutting down and partly eating garden and crop plants, especially seedlings. Not all cutworms are in the genus Agrotis, though it may well be the genus that includes the largest number of cutworm species, and the most agriculturally important cutworm species.The bogong moth, itself a cutworm, also has been of importance as a seasonal food for humans, valued by indigenous Australians.
Species
Agrotis admirationis Guenée, 1868Agrotis alexandriensis Baker, 1894Agrotis alpestris Boisduval, 1837Agrotis alticaffer Krüger, 2005Agrotis altivagans Agrotis antica Crabo & Lafontaine, 2004Agrotis apicalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1868Agrotis amphora Hampson, 1903Agrotis andina Agrotis araucaria Agrotis arenarius Neil, 1983Agrotis arenivolans Butler, 1879Agrotis atrux Pinker, 1971Agrotis aulacias Meyrick, 1899Agrotis baliopa Meyrick, 1899Agrotis bilitura Guenée, 1852Agrotis bigramma Agrotis boetica Agrotis bosqui Agrotis brachystria Agrotis brachypecten Hampson, 1899Agrotis bryani Swezey, 1926Agrotis buchholzi Barnes & Benjamin, 1929 Agrotis caffer Agrotis canities Agrotis ceramophaea Meyrick, 1899Agrotis characteristica Alphéraky, 1892Agrotis charmocrita Agrotis chretieni Dumont, 1903Agrotis cinerea Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 - light feathered rustic mothAgrotis clavis Hufnagel, 1766 - heart-and-club mothAgrotis consentanea Mabille, 1880Agrotis coquimbensis Agrotis crassa Hübner, 1803- †Agrotis cremata Butler, 1880 - Maui agrotis noctuid moth
- †Agrotis crinigera Butler, 1881 - poko noctuid moth, larger Hawaiian cutworm mothAgrotis cursoriodes Agrotis daedalus Smith, 1890Agrotis desertorum Boisduval, 1840Agrotis dislocata Walker, 1856Agrotis dissociata Staudinger, 1899Agrotis edmondsi Butler, 1882Agrotis emboloma Lower, 1918Agrotis endogaea Boisduval, 1837Agrotis epicremna Meyrick, 1899Agrotis evanescens Rothschild 1894Agrotis exclamationis Linnaeus, 1758 - heart-and-dart mothAgrotis experta
- †Agrotis fasciata Hübner, 1824 - Midway noctuid mothAgrotis fatidica Hübner, 1824Agrotis fortunata Draudt, 1938Agrotis frosya Pekarsky, 2014 TL: Bering IslandAgrotis giffardi Agrotis gladiaria Morrison, 1875 - swordsman dart moth, clay-backed cutworm mothAgrotis graslini Rambur, 1848Agrotis gravis Grote, 1874Agrotis gypaetina Guenée, 1852Agrotis haesitans Walker, 1857Agrotis haifae Staudinger, 1897Agrotis hephaestaea Agrotis herzogi Rebel, 1911Agrotis hispidula Guenée, 1852Agrotis incognita Staudinger, 1888Agrotis inconsequens Rothschild, 1920Agrotis infusa Boisduval, 1832 - bogongAgrotis innominata Hudson, 1898Agrotis interjectionis Guénée, 1852Agrotis ipsilon Hufnagel, 1766 - ipsilon dart moth, dark sword-grass mothAgrotis iremeli Nupponen, Ahola & Kullberg, 2001
- †Agrotis kerri Swezey, 1920 - Kerr's noctuid mothAgrotis kinabaluensis Holloway, 1976Agrotis kingi McDunnough, 1932Agrotis lanzarotensis Rebel, 1894 Agrotis lasserrei Agrotis lata Treitschke, 1835
- †Agrotis laysanensis Rothschild, 1894 - Laysan noctuid mothAgrotis longicornis Lafontaine & Troubridge, 2004Agrotis longidentifera Agrotis luehri Mentzer & Moberg, 1987Agrotis magnipunctata Prout, 1922Agrotis malefida Guénée, 1852 - rascal dart moth, pale-sided cutworm mothAgrotis manifesta Morrison, 1875Agrotis margelanoides
- †Agrotis melanoneura Meyrick, 1899 - black-veined agrotis noctuid mothAgrotis mayrorum Ronkay & Huemer, 2018Agrotis mazeli Ronkay & Huemer, 2018Agrotis mesotoxa Meyrick, 1899
- †Agrotis microreas Meyrick, 1899Agrotis militaris Staudinger, 1888 Agrotis mollis Walker, 1857Agrotis munda Walker, 1857 - brown cutworm moth, pink cutworm mothAgrotis obesa Boisduval, 1829Agrotis obliqua Smith, 1903Agrotis orthogonia Morrison, 1876 - pale western cutworm moth
- †Agrotis panoplias Meyrick, 1899 - Kona agrotis noctuid mothAgrotis patricei Viette, 1959Agrotis perigramma Meyrick, 1899
- †Agrotis photophila Butler, 1879 - light-loving noctuid mothAgrotis pierreti Agrotis plumiger Krüger, 2005Agrotis poliophaea Turner, 1926Agrotis poliotis Hampson, 1903Agrotis porphyricollis Guénée, 1852 - variable cutworm moth
- †Agrotis procellaris Meyrick, 1900Agrotis psammocharis Boursin, 1950Agrotis psammophaea Meyrick, 1899Agrotis puta Hübner, 1803 - shuttle-shaped dart mothAgrotis radians Guénée, 1852Agrotis rileyana Agrotis ripae Hübner, 1823 - sand dart mothAgrotis robustior Smith, 1899Agrotis ruta Eversmann, 1851Agrotis sabulosa Rambur, 1839Agrotis sardzeana Brandt, 1941Agrotis schawerdai Bytinski-Salz, 1937Agrotis scruposa Agrotis segetum Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 - turnip mothAgrotis sesamioides Rebel, 1907Agrotis simplonia Geyer, 1832Agrotis spinifera Hübner, 1808 - Gregson's dart mothAgrotis stenibergmani Agrotis stigmosa Morrison, 1875Agrotis striata Lafontaine, 2004Agrotis subalba Walker, 1857Agrotis submolesta Püngeler, 1900Agrotis syricola Corti & Draudt, 1933Agrotis taiwana B.S.Chang, 1991Agrotis talda
- †Agrotis tephrias Meyrick, 1899 - Kauai agrotis noctuid mothAgrotis trifurca Eversmann, 1837Agrotis trifurcula Staudinger, 1892Agrotis trux Hübner, 1824Agrotis turatii Standfuss, 1888Agrotis turbans Staudinger, 1888Agrotis vancouverensis Grote, 1873 - Vancouver dart mothAgrotis venerabilis Walker, 1857 - venerable dart moth, dusky cutworm mothAgrotis vestigialis Hufnagel, 1766 - archer's dartAgrotis vetusta Walker, 1865 - old man dart moth, spotted-legged cutworm moth, muted dart mothAgrotis villosus Alphéraky, 1887Agrotis volubilis Harvey, 1874 - voluble dart mothAgrotis xiphias Meyrick, 1899Agrotis yelai Fibiger, 1990