Agrotis sabulosa

Agrotis sabulosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.

Agrotis sabulosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agrotis
Species:
A. sabulosa
Binomial name
Agrotis sabulosa
Rambur, 1839
Synonyms
  • Euxoa sabulosa

The wingspan is 30–31 mm.

Description from Seitz

Forewing brownish grey, the veins blackish; a blackish blotch before margin above middle: a black streak from base, more irregular than in endogaea Bsd.; claviform large, black: orbicular and reniform both black with grey rings: the cell black between them; hindwing pure white. — Recorded from Andalusia only; it resembles the common exclamationis, but has longer antennal pectinations.[1]

References

  1. Seitz A., 1914 Gross-Schmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes. Band 3: Die eulenartigen Nachtfalter. - 1-511 S., Taf.1-75, Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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