Agrotis spinifera

Gregson's Dart
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
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

Gregson's Dart, (Agrotis spinifera) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Southern Europe, Arabia to Southern Africa, Madagascar, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, India to Burma and Sri Lanka.

Description

The wingspan is 32–34 mm. It differs from Agrotis segetum in having almost quite obsolete sub-basal antemedial and postmedial lines of fore wings. 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]

References

  1. ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-ii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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