Agrotis longidentifera
Agrotis longidentifera, the brown cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae described by George Hampson in 1903. It is found in eastern and southern Africa and several islands in the Indian Ocean.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Agrotis |
| Species: | A. longidentifera |
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| Agrotis longidentifera (Hampson, 1903) | |
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The adults have a wing length of about 16 mm and the males have largely bipectinate (like a comb on both sides) antennas.
The larvae can cause extensive damage to germinating Zea mays (maize or corn) plants.
References
- De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Agrotis longidentifera (Hampson, 1903)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
External links
- Kopij, Grzegorz (2006). "Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 49B (1–2): 137–180.
- Kemal, Muhabbet & Koçak, Ahmet Ömer (2007). Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera (PDF). Cesa Publications on African Lepidoptera. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-19 – via Internet Archive.
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