Agrotis
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| Genus: | Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1816
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Agrotis is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. A number of the species of this genus are extinct.
Many of the species are of great importance as cutworms, major agricutural 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.[1] 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 alexandriensis Baker, 1894
- Agrotis alpestris Boisduval, 1837
- Agrotis alticaffer Krüger, 2005
- Agrotis antica Crabo & Lafontaine, 2004
- Agrotis apicalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
- Agrotis amphora Hampson, 1903
- Agrotis andina (Köhler, 1945)
- Agrotis araucaria (Hampson, 1903)
- Agrotis arenarius Neil, 1983
- Agrotis arenivolans Butler, 1879
- Agrotis atrux Pinker, 1971
- Agrotis aulacias Meyrick, 1899
- Agrotis baliopa Meyrick, 1899
- Agrotis bilitura Guenée, 1852
- Agrotis boetica (Boisduval, 1837)
- Agrotis bosqui (Köhler, 1945)
- Agrotis brachystria (Hampson 1903)
- Agrotis brachypecten Hampson, 1899
- Agrotis bryani Swezey, 1926
- Agrotis buchholzi Barnes & Benjamin, 1929 (syn: Agrotis carolina Schweitzer & McCabe, 2004)
- Agrotis caffer (Hampson, 1903)
- Agrotis canities (Grote, 1902)
- Agrotis ceramophaea Meyrick, 1899
- Agrotis characteristica Alphéraky, 1892
- Agrotis charmocrita (Meyrick, 1928)
- Agrotis chretieni Dumont, 1903
- Agrotis cinerea – Light Feathered Rustic Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Agrotis clavis – Heart and Club Hufnagel, 1766
- Agrotis consentanea Mabille, 1880
- Agrotis coquimbensis (Hampson, 1903)
- Agrotis crassa Hübner, 1803
- †Agrotis cremata – Maui Agrotis Noctuid Moth Butler, 1880[2]
- †Agrotis crinigera – Poko Noctuid Moth, Larger Hawaiian Cutworm Butler, 1881
- Agrotis cursoriodes (Hampson, 1903)
- Agrotis daedalus Smith, 1890
- Agrotis desertorum Boisduval, 1840
- Agrotis dislocata Walker, 1856
- Agrotis dissociata Staudinger, 1899
- Agrotis edmondsi Butler, 1882
- Agrotis emboloma Lower, 1918
- Agrotis endogaea Boisduval, 1837
- Agrotis epicremna Meyrick, 1899
- Agrotis eremata (Butler, 1880)
- Agrotis evanescens Rothschild 1894
- Agrotis exclamationis – Heart and Dart Linnaeus, 1758
- Agrotis experta (Walker, 1869)
- †Agrotis fasciata – Midway Noctuid Moth Hübner, 1824
- Agrotis fatidica Hübner, 1824
- Agrotis fortunata Draudt, 1938
- Agrotis giffardi (Swezey, 1932)
- Agrotis gladiaria – Swordman Dart, Claybacked Cutworm Morrison, 1875
- Agrotis graslini Rambur, 1848
- Agrotis gravis Grote, 1874
- Agrotis gypaetina Guenée, 1852
- Agrotis haesitans Walker, 1857
- Agrotis haifae Staudinger, 1897
- Agrotis hephaestaea (Meyrick, 1899)
- Agrotis herzogi Rebel, 1911
- Agrotis hispidula Guenée, 1852
- Agrotis incognita Staudinger, 1888
- Agrotis inconsequens Rothschild, 1920
- Agrotis infusa – Bogong Boisduval, 1832
- Agrotis innominata Hudson, 1898
- Agrotis interjectionis Guénée, 1852
- Agrotis ipsilon – Dark Sword-grass Hufnagel, 1766
- Agrotis iremeli Nupponen, Ahola & Kullberg, 2001
- †Agrotis kerri – Kerr's Noctuid Moth Swezey, 1920
- Agrotis kinabaluensis Holloway, 1976
- Agrotis kingi McDunnough, 1932
- Agrotis lanzarotensis Rebel, 1894 (syn: Agrotis selvagensis Pinker & Bacallado, 1978)
- Agrotis lasserrei (Oberthür, 1881)
- Agrotis lata Treitschke, 1835
- †Agrotis laysanensis – Laysan Noctuid Moth Rothschild, 1894
- Agrotis longicornis Lafontaine & Troubridge, 2004
- Agrotis longidentifera (Hampson, 1903)
- Agrotis luehri Mentzer & Moberg, 1987
- Agrotis magnipunctata Prout, 1922
- Agrotis malefida – Rascal Dart, Pale-Sided Cutworm Guénée, 1852
- Agrotis manifesta Morrison, 1875
- Agrotis margelanoides (Boursin, 1944)
- †Agrotis melanoneura – Black-Veined Agrotis Noctuid Moth Meyrick, 1899[3]
- Agrotis mesotoxa Meyrick, 1899
- †Agrotis microreas – Microreas Agrotis Noctuid Moth Meyrick, 1899
- Agrotis militaris Staudinger, 1888
- Agrotis mollis Walker, 1857
- Agrotis munda – Brown Cutworm, Pink Cutworm Walker, 1857
- Agrotis obesa Boisduval, 1829
- Agrotis obliqua Smith, 1903
- Agrotis orthogonia – Pale Western Cutworm Morrison, 1876
- †Agrotis panoplias – Kona Agrotis Noctuid Moth Meyrick, 1899
- Agrotis patricei Viette, 1959
- Agrotis perigramma Meyrick, 1899
- †Agrotis photophila – Light-loving Noctuid moth Butler, 1879
- Agrotis pierreti (Bugnion, 1837)
- Agrotis plumiger Krüger, 2005
- Agrotis poliophaea Turner, 1926
- Agrotis poliotis Hampson, 1903
- Agrotis porphyricollis – Variable Cutworm Guénée, 1852
- †Agrotis procellaris – Procellaris Grotis Noctuid Moth Meyrick, 1900
- Agrotis psammocharis Boursin, 1950
- Agrotis psammophaea Meyrick, 1899
- Agrotis puta – Shuttle-shaped Dart Hübner, 1803
- Agrotis radians Guénée, 1852
- Agrotis rileyana (Morrison, 1875)
- Agrotis ripae – Sand Dart Hübner, 1823
- Agrotis robustior Smith, 1899
- Agrotis ruta Eversmann, 1851
- Agrotis sabulosa Rambur, 1839
- Agrotis sardzeana Brandt, 1941
- Agrotis schawerdai Bytinski-Salz, 1937
- Agrotis scruposa (Draudt, 1936)
- Agrotis segetum – Turnip Moth Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
- Agrotis sesamioides Rebel, 1907
- Agrotis simplonia Geyer, 1832
- Agrotis spinifera – Gregson's Dart Hübner, 1808
- Agrotis stigmosa Morrison, 1875
- Agrotis striata Lafontaine, 2004
- Agrotis subalba Walker, 1857
- Agrotis submolesta Püngeler, [1899] 1900
- Agrotis syricola Corti & Draudt, 1933
- Agrotis taiwana B.S.Chang, 1991
- †Agrotis tephrias – Kauai Agrotis Noctuid Moth Meyrick, 1899
- Agrotis trifurca Eversmann, 1837
- Agrotis trifurcula Staudinger, 1892
- Agrotis trux Hübner, 1824
- Agrotis turatii Standfuss, 1888
- Agrotis turbans Staudinger, 1888
- Agrotis vancouverensis – Vancouver Dart Grote, 1873
- Agrotis venerabilis – Dusky Cutworm Walker, 1857
- Agrotis vestigialis – Archer's Dart Hufnagel, 1766
- Agrotis vetusta – Old Man Dart, Spotted-Legged Cutworm, Muted Dart Walker, 1865
- Agrotis villosus Alphéraky, 1887
- Agrotis volubilis – Voluble Dart Moth Harvey, 1874
- Agrotis xiphias Meyrick, 1899
- Agrotis yelai Fibiger, 1990
Until recently placed here
- Agrotis dolli is now Eucoptocnemis dolli (Grote, 1882)
- Agrotis repleta is now Feltia repleta (Walker, 1857)
- Agrotis subterranea – Tawny Shoulder, Granulate Cutworm is now Feltia subterranea (Fabricius, 1794)
References
- ^ Smit, Bernard, "Insects in South Africa: How to Control them", Pub: Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 1964.
- ^ Fauna hawaiiensis
- ^ Zipcodezoo Agrotis melanoneura