Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Kerr's Agrotis Noctuid Moth, Kerr's Noctuid Moth
Description
Family Noctuidae
'The Noctuids are members
of the Superfamily
Noctuoidea. Worldwide in distribution, this family
is the largest in the Lepidoptera and has approximately 20,000 species. About 2,900 of these are found in North America, and there is wide variation
in appearance
and behavior. Most moths are gray to brown in color and have line
or spots on their wings
. Some species are brightly colored
. They are small to large in size, and most species are medium-sized with wingspans 2 - 4.5 cm. When at rest, adults
of most species hold their wings above their bodies like a roof. Noctuids are typically nocturnal
, though some species are diurnal
. Most larvae feed
on plant foliage
, dead leaves, lichens, and fungi; many are serious forest
pests. Some species are leaf miners, others are stem- or leaf-borers, and still others feed at night on plant shoots. Noctuid moths pupate in cells
in soil, in plant cavities, or in silk
cocoons
.
'[1]
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [2].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
()
- Family:
Noctuidae
()
-
- Owlet Moths
- Group:
Noctuinina
()
- Group:
Noctuinina
(
- Family:
Noctuidae
(
- Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Agrotis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 38 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. aeneipennis (Agrotis Aeneipennis) · A. annexa (Agrotis Annexa) · A. apicalis (Agrotis Apicalis) · A. arenarius (Agrotis Arenarius) · A. buchholzi (Buchholz's Dart Moth) · A. bucholzia (Agrotis Bucholzia) · A. clavis (Heart and Club) · A. cremata (Cremata Agrotis Noctuid Moth) · A. crinigera (Larger Hawaiian Cutworm) · A. daedalus (Agrotis Daedalus) · A. dislocata (Smaller Hawaiian Cutworm) · A. dollii (Agrotis Dollii) · A. exclamationis (Heart and Dart Moth) · A. fasciata (Midway Agrotis Noctuid Moth) · A. gladiaria (Swordsman Dart) · A. gravis (Agrotis Gravis) · A. ipsilon (Black Cutworm) · A. ipsilon aneituma (Black Cutworm) · A. kerri (Kerr's Agrotis Noctuid Moth) · A. laysanensis (Laysan Agrotis Noctuid Moth) · A. malefida (Rascal Dart) · A. melanoneura (Black-Veined Agrotis Noctuid Moth) · A. microreas (Microreas Agrotis Noctuid Moth) · A. musa (Agrotis Musa) · A. obliqua (Agrotis Obliqua) · A. orthogonia (Pale Western Cutworm) · A. photophila (Photophila Agrotis Noctuid Moth) · A. procellaris (Procellaris Agrotis Noctuid Moth) · A. robustior (Agrotis Robustior) · A. ruta (Agrotis Ruta) · A. segetis (Turnip Moth) · A. segetum (Turnip Moth) · A. stigmosa (Agrotis Stigmosa) · A. subterranea (Granulate Cutworm) · A. vancouverensis (Agrotis Vancouverensis) · A. venerabilis (Venerable Dart) · A. vetusta (Old Man Dart) · A. volubilis (Voluble Dart)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Agrotis kerri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7137196
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-248138.0
- IUCN ID: 189472
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IILEYKL310
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 171042
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=34&sci=Noctuidae&com=Owlet Moths, Miller Moths [back]
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Agrotis kerri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
