Agrotis lata

Agrotis lata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1835. It is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia,[1] Portugal and Spain, as well as on Sardinia, Sicily and Malta.[2] It has also been recorded from Turkey and possibly Syria and Israel.

Agrotis lata
In Adalbert Seitz' Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agrotis
Species:
A. lata
Binomial name
Agrotis lata
Treitschke, [1835]
Synonyms
  • Agrotis dirempta Staudinger, 1859
  • Agrotis aflouensis Corti, 1932
  • Euxoa fulva Turati, 1924
  • Agrotis castellana Fernández, 1929

The wingspan is 36–44 mm. Adults are on wing in October and November.[3]

Description from Seitz

Forewing pale ochreous, the veins and costal streak greyish white. The ab. lata Tr. (5a) is darker, greyer without the brown tinge [than crassa Hbn. (= huguenini Ruhl)]. [4]

References
  1. "Agrotis lata, Treitschke, 1835". African Moths. Archived from the original on 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Noctuidae.de
  4. Seitz A., 1914 Gross-Schmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes. Band 3: Die eulenartigen Nachtfalter. - 1-511 S., Taf.1-75, Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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