Agrotis puta

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Species of moth

Shuttle-shaped dart

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

A. puta

Binomial name
Agrotis puta

(Hübner, 1803)

Synonyms

* Agrotis renitens (Hübner, 1824)
* Noctua renitens Hübner, 1824
* Euxoa renitens (Hübner, 1824)
* Noctua puta Hübner, [1803]
* Bombyx radius Haworth, 1803
* Euxoa rotroui Rothschild, 1920
* Noctua lignosa Godart, 1825

(preocc.)

* Xylina erythroxylea Treitschke, 1826
* Agrotis radiola Stephens, 1829
* Aporophyla catalaunensis Milliere, 1873
* Agrotis puta var. meridionalis Spuler, 1905
* Euxoa andreasi Turati, 1924
* Euxoa hoggarti var. minima Turati, 1924
* Euxoa silvestrii Turati, 1924

Agrotis puta, the shuttle-shaped dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1803. It is common in the western part of Europe, but is also found in southern and central Europe, as well as North Africa and the Middle East.

Female, illustrated Male, illustrated Figs 3,3a,3b,3c larva after last moult

The wingspan is 30–32 mm. Adults are on wing from May to October.

The larvae feed on various low growing plants.

## Subspecies[edit]

* Agrotis puta puta
* Agrotis puta insula (Isles of Scilly)

## References[edit]

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Agrotis puta.

* Kimber, Ian. "73.325 BF2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta (Hübner, [1803])". UKMoths. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
* Lepiforum e.V.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1768363
* AfroMoths: AGROPUTA
* BioLib: 54670
* BOLD: 197697
* CoL: 92S9T
* EoL: 445652
* EPPO: AGROPU
* EUNIS: 309586
* Fauna Europaea: 448496
* Fauna Europaea (new): 7e41d691-6965-48b8-b17c-370835f5422e
* GBIF: 1770772
* iNaturalist: 324921
* IRMNG: 10301590
* LepIndex: 248263
* LoB: 5369
* MaBENA: AgrotPuta
* NBN: NBNSYS0000006178
* NCBI: 1857961

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