Agrotis evanescens

Agrotis evanescens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Walter Rothschild in 1894. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Laysan.

Agrotis evanescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agrotis
Species:
A. evanescens
Binomial name
Agrotis evanescens
(Rothschild, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Peridroma evanescens Rothschild, 1894
  • Agrotis eremioides Hampson, 1903
  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.


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