Agrotis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Noctuidae
Subfamilia: Noctuinae
Tribus: Noctuini
Subtribus: Agrotina
Genus: Agrotis
Subgenera: A. (Agrotis) – A. (Papuagrotis) – A. (Powellinia)

Overview of species

A. admirationis – A. aistleitneri – A. alluaudi – A. alticaffer – A. argillosa – A. colossa – A. formosensis – A. frosya – A. helela – A. innocens – A. kuamauna – A. maculaclarus – A. militaris – A. myanmara – A. plumiger – A. rachingeri – A. ruta – A. stenibergmani – A. tamsi – A. viettei

Name

Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1816

Type species: Noctua segetum Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

Synonyms

• Agrotis Hübner, 1806; (rejected)
• Scotia Hübner, [1821]
• Agronoma Hübner, [1821]
• Georyx Hübner, [1821]
• Noctua Boisduval, 1829 (preocc.)
• Psammophila Stephens, 1850 (preocc. Brown, 1827)
• Elegarda Walker, 1865
• Tetrapyrgia Walker, 1865
• Comophorus Alphéraky, 1887 (preocc. Agassiz, 1848
• Porosagrotis Smith, 1890
• Lycophorus Staudinger, 1901; in Staudinger & Rebel, (repl. Comophorus Alphéraky, 1887)
• Mesembreuxoa Hampson, 1903
• Neosema Rebel, 1907
• Brachypteragrotis Viette, 1959
• Hermonassoides Strand, 1915
• Crassagrotis Beck, 1991
• Putagrotis Beck, 1991
• Leucagrotis Beck, 1991
• Militagrotis Beck, 1991
• Striagrotis Beck, 1996
• Exagrotis Beck, 1996; (repl. Noctua Boisduval, 1828
• Ripagrotis Beck, 1996; (repl. Psammophila Stephens, [1850])
• Schawagrotis Beck, 1996
• Spinagrotis Beck, 1996

References

Additional references

• Angulo, A.O. & T.S. Olivares, 2006: A new genus and new species in the Salar Punta Negra (II Region, Chile) under the salt crusts. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologica 34 (135): 265–273.
• Behounek, G. & Speidel, W. 2009. Eine neue Agrotis-Art von Cabo Verde: Agrotis (Powellinia) aistleitneri sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Entomofauna 30(8): 121–128. Full article Reference page. 
• Blas, G.S. 2014: Agrotis Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae): a systematic analysis of South American species. Zootaxa 3771(1): 1–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3771.1.1 Reference page. 
• Brandstetter, J., 2010: Beschreibung einer neuen art der gattung Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1816 aus Zypern (Leptidoptera: Noctuidae). Atalanta 41 (1/2): 285–288.
• Gyulai, P., Saldaitis, A. & Truuverk, A. 2017. Notes on the Agrotis colossa Boursin problem, with the description of new Agrotis species from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Zootaxa 4291(1): 144–154. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.1.8. Reference page. 
• Gyulai, P. & Ronkay, L., 2001: The Noctuidae material collected by Péter Gyulai & Adrienne Garai in the Qinghai region, China, in 1999 (Lepidoptera). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie, Band 8: 655–700.
• ICZN 1966: Opinion 789. Rejection of the pamphlet by J. Hübner, 1808, entitled Erste Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 23(5): 213–220. ISSN: 0007-5167 BioStor
• Léon, C.A. ; A.O. Angulo & T.S. Olivares, 2010: Three new and a little-known species of the genus Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologica 38 (151): 329–336.
• Medeiros, M.J., Kirkpatrick, J., Elliott, C.H., Prestes, A., Eiben, J. & Rubinoff, D. 2019. Two new day-flying species of Agrotis Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from the alpine summit of the Maunakea Volcano. Zootaxa 4545(2): 277–285. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.2.7. pdf Reference page. 
• Pekarsky, O. 2014b: Contribution to the knowledge of Noctuidae fauna of Bering island. Fibigeriana 2 (supplement): 177–200. Reference page. 
• Pekarsky, O. 2019a. A new species of Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1816 from Myanmar (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae). Entomofauna carpathica 31(1): 38-48. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• San Blas, G. & M.O. Gentili, 2011: Description of a new species of the genus Agrotis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Revista de la Sociedad entomológica argentina 70 (1-2): 93–97. Full article: [1].
• Vink, L., de Vos, R., Sinnema, S., Sinnema-Bloemen, J. & Zilli, A. 2022. A new subgenus with three new species of Agrotis from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Fragmenta entomologica 54(2): 207-216. DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/1458. . Reference page.