Agrotis photophila

Species of moth

Light-loving noctuid moth

Conservation status

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

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

A. photophila

Binomial name
Agrotis photophila

(Butler, 1879)

Location of Oʻahu
Synonyms

* Agrotis lucicolens (Butler, 1880)
* Euxoa photophila (Butler, 1879)
* Leucania photophila Butler, 1879
* Spaelotis lucicolens Butler, 1880

Agrotis photophila, the light-loving noctuid moth, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, United States.[2]

This moth was last reported around 1900.[3] Two dead specimens are preserved in the British Museum. These had been collected near Honolulu in the 19th century. At that time the species was already rare.[4]

These dead specimens have been described thus:[4]

> 35—40 mm. Antennae in ,? bidentate with long triangular processes. Forewings light greyish-ochreous sprinkled with fuscous; subbasal, first, and second lines indicated by more or less distinct blackish dots, first and second sometimes forming undefined waved lines; posterior edge of reniform sometimes indicated by black scales; traces of a darker praesubterminal shade; a terminal series of dark fuscous dots. Hindwings light greyish-ochreous, posteriorly infuscated.

## References

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1. ^ Walker, A. & Medeiros, M.J. (2021). "Agrotis photophila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T708A189703011. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T708A189703011.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. ^ "Bishop Museum - Arthropod Checklist Query Results". Bishop Museum. Archived from the original on January 30, 2005.
3. ^ "Artensterben - Insekten". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011.
4. ^ a b "Fauna Hawaiiensis".

* Hawaii extinct species

Taxon identifiers

Agrotis photophila|

* Wikidata: Q4694371
* CoL: 665D2
* EoL: 451013
* Fauna Europaea: 501370
* GBIF: 1770696
* iNaturalist: 93575
* IRMNG: 11341349
* ITIS: 941154
* IUCN: 708
* LepIndex: 248226
* NatureServe: 2.108606
* Open Tree of Life: 3205691

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