Agrotis evanescens

Agrotis evanescens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Walter Rothschild in 1894. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Laysan.

Agrotis evanescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agrotis
Species:
A. evanescens
Binomial name
Agrotis evanescens
(Rothschild, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Peridroma evanescens Rothschild, 1894
  • Agrotis eremioides Hampson, 1903
  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.


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