Agrotis spinifera

Agrotis spinifera, or Gregson's dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1808. It is found in southern Europe, Arabia to southern Africa, Madagascar, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, India to Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

Gregson's dart
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agrotis
Species:
A. spinifera
Binomial name
Agrotis spinifera
(Hübner, 1808)
Synonyms
  • Agrotis biconica Kolar, 1844
  • Agrotis biconicus Kolar, 1844
  • Noctua spinifera Hübner, 1808
  • Agrotis spiculifera (Hübner, 1808)
  • Euxoa spinifera

Description

The wingspan is 32–34 mm. It differs from Agrotis segetum in having almost quite obsolete sub-basal antemedial and postmedial lines of forewings. Submarginal line strongly dentate with dark streaks on it. Orbicular elongate with a dark streak runs from it to the reniform. Claviform is very elongate and filled in with black.[1]

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References
  1. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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