Agrotis poliotis

Agrotis poliotis (Hampson, 1903)
(one synonym : Euxoa perfusa Warren, 1912)
NOCTUINAE, NOCTUIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moth has brown forewings with complex markings. The hind wings are buff coloured. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

male, drawing by George F. Hampson, listed as Euxoa poliotis,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalćnć in the British Museum,
Noctuidć, Volume IV (1903), Plate LX, figure 22,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University.

The species occurs in Australia in

Northern Territory, and

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 43.

George F. Hampson,
Noctuidae,
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
Volume 4 (1903), p. 184, No. 314, and also Plate 60, figure 22.

Australian
Australian Butterflies

Australian
Australian Moths

(updated 12 October 2011)