Agrotis admirationis explained

Agrotis admirationis is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2] It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1868 from specimens collected by Richard William Fereday.[3] Specimens of this species have been taken in Christchurch.[4] Its favoured host plants are herbs found in open areas.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yu . Dicky Sick Ki . Agrotis admirationis Guenee 1868 . Home of Ichneumonoidea . Taxapad . https://web.archive.org/web/20181104125913/http://www.taxapad.com/local.php?taxonidLC=85991052 . November 4, 2018 . January 26, 2017.
  2. Web site: Agrotis admirationis Guenée, 1868. www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd . 12 January 2017.
  3. Guenée. Achille. Achille Guenée. 1868 . New species &c, of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Canterbury, New Zealand, collected by Mr R. W. Fereday. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine . 5. 38. 0013-8908 . 12 January 2017. Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. Book: Hudson, George Vernon. New Zealand moths and butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera). West, Newman & Co.. 1898. London. 31. en. 10.5962/bhl.title.7912. Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. Patrick. H.J.H.. Bowie. M.H.. Fox. B.W.. Patrick. B.H.. 2011. The moths of Quail Island (Otamahua): a faunal comparison of an island under restoration with other sites on Banks Peninsula. New Zealand Natural Sciences Journal. 36. 57–72. 2017-01-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231918/http://www.science.canterbury.ac.nz/nzns/issues/vol36-2011/patrick.pdf. 2016-03-03. dead.

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