Biology:Agrotis fatidica

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Short description: Species of moth

Agrotis fatidica
Agrotis fatidica.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agrotis
Species:
A. fatidica
Binomial name
Agrotis fatidica
(Hübner, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Euxoa trifurcula Agrotis monedula
  • Noctua fatidica
  • Agrotis sajana Agrotis incurva
  • Agrotis heydenreichii
  • Euxoa fatidica

Agrotis fatidica is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Southern and Central Europe, east through Russia to Mongolia, China and Tibet.

Illustrated Female
Illustrated Male

The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.

Subspecies

  • Agrotis fatidica fatidica (Europe, Russian plains, mountains of north-eastern Siberia, South Siberian Mountains, Central Yakutian Lowland, Kazakhstan and Mongolia)
  • Agrotis fatidica trifurcula (South Siberian Mountains and Central Yakutian Lowland)
  • Agrotis fatidica bombycina (Siberia, Mongolia, China)

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q397518 entry