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Agrotis admirationis

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Agrotis admirationis
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agrotis
Species:
A. admirationis
Binomial name
Agrotis admirationis
Synonyms[2]
  • Euxoa admirationis (Guenée, 1868)
  • Chersotis inconspicua Butler, 1880
  • Euxoa obscura Salmon, 1946
  • Chersotis sericea Butler, 1879

Agrotis admirationis is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1868 from specimens collected by Richard William Fereday.[4] Specimens of this species have been taken in Christchurch.[5] Its favoured host plants are herbs found in open areas.[6]

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  1. ^ a b "Agrotis admirationis Guenée, 1868". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  2. ^ Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org (2019). "Agrotis admirationis Guenée, 1868 - Checklist View". www.gbif.org. GBIF Secretariat. doi:10.15468/39omei. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  3. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Agrotis admirationis Guenee 1868". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on November 4, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  4. ^ Guenée, Achille (1868). "New species &c, of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Canterbury, New Zealand, collected by Mr R. W. Fereday". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 5: 38. ISSN 0013-8908. Retrieved 12 January 2017 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ^ Hudson, George Vernon (1898). New Zealand moths and butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera). London: West, Newman & Co. p. 31. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.7912 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  6. ^ Patrick, H.J.H.; Bowie, M.H.; Fox, B.W.; Patrick, B.H. (2011). "The moths of Quail Island (Otamahua): a faunal comparison of an island under restoration with other sites on Banks Peninsula" (PDF). New Zealand Natural Sciences Journal. 36: 57–72. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-01-26.


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