Agrotis sabulosa
Agrotis sabulosa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Agrotis |
| Species: | A. sabulosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Agrotis sabulosa Rambur, 1839 | |
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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
- Seitz A., 1914 Gross-Schmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes. Band 3: Die eulenartigen Nachtfalter. - 1-511 S., Taf.1-75, Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart.
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