Agrotis xiphias

Agrotis xiphias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
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

Agrotis xiphias is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to Kauai and Maui.

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

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