Agrotis boetica

Species of moth

Agrotis boetica

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Noctuidae
Genus:  | Agrotis
Species:  |

A. boetica

Binomial name
Agrotis boetica

(Boisduval, [1837])

Synonyms

* Powellinia boetica (Rambur, [1837])

Agrotis boetica is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the desert regions of North Africa and southern Spain, with its range extending east to Israel.[1]

Adults are on wing from October to November. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Lithospermum, Echinops and Astragalus species.

## References

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1. ^ Kravchenko, V. D.; Fibiger, M.; Mooser, J.; Muller, G. C. (2006). "The Noctuinae of Israel" (PDF). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 34: 353–370\. Archived from the original on May 17, 2010.

Taxon identifiers

Agrotis boetica|

* Wikidata: Q4694314
* AfroMoths: AGROBOET
* CoL: 959JT
* EoL: 3939371
* EUNIS: 309567
* Fauna Europaea: 448451
* Fauna Europaea (new): 7e79cd7a-8a59-41a8-9119-db85d1a6b749
* GBIF: 4533696
* iNaturalist: 1153808
* LepIndex: 248564
* Open Tree of Life: 3205600

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