Species of moth
Variable cutworm
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Adult male
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Mounted female
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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Class:
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Insecta
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Order:
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Lepidoptera
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Superfamily:
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Noctuoidea
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Family:
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Noctuidae
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Genus:
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Agrotis
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Species:
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A. porphyricollis
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Binomial name
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Agrotis porphyricollis
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Synonyms
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- Perigea albinasus Walker, 1857
- Euxoa porphyricollis
- Agrotis porphyricollis Guenée, 1852
- Agrotis recondita Walker, 1857
- Graphiphora reclusa Walker, 1857
- Agrotis rubrilinea Walker, 1857
- Agrotis dorsicinis Walker, 1858
- Graphiphora lapidosa Walker, 1858
- Hadena albipalpis Walker, 1865
- Elegarda summa Walker, 1865
- Spaelotis pectinata Walker, 1865
- Tetrapyrgia graphiphorides Walker, 1865
- Elegarda orthosioides Walker, 1865
- Agrotis transversa Walker, 1869
- Agrotis baueri R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
- Graphiphora ctenota Turner, 1939
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Agrotis porphyricollis (variable cutworm) is a noctuid moth. It is found in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.
The wingspan is about 30 mm.