Agrotis xiphias

Agrotis xiphias is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Maui.

Agrotis xiphias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agrotis
Species:
A. xiphias
Binomial name
Agrotis xiphias
Meyrick, 1899
Synonyms
  • Feltia xiphias
  • Euxoa xiphias
  • Euxoa xiphias ab. rufescens Warren, 1912
  • Feltia xiphias ab. xiphioides Strand, 1916

It is a distinctively marked species whose pattern is subject to considerable variation.

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.


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