Biology:Agrotis ruta

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of moth

Agrotis ruta
Euxoa patula.png
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agrotis
Species:
A. ruta
Binomial name
Agrotis ruta
Eversmann, 1851
Synonyms
  • Euxoa kurodakeana Xylina ruta
  • Feltia subinformis
  • Agrotis septentrionalis
  • Agrotis patula
  • Euxoa patula

Agrotis ruta is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1851. It has a Holarctic distribution. In North America it has a northern distribution, occurring from Alaska and the Yukon Territory to Labrador, south to northern Manitoba and British Columbia, and in the Rocky Mountains to southern Alberta. Furthermore, it can be found in the northern Urals, Siberia, Mongolia, China and Japan .

Agrotis patula was placed in synonymy with Agrotis ruta by Kononenko et al. in 1989.

The wingspan is 40–46 mm.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4694374 entry