Agrotis xiphias is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Maui.
It is a distinctively marked species whose pattern is subject to considerable variation.
. Elwood Zimmerman . 1958 . Insects of Hawaii . 7 Macrolepidoptera . University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. 10125/7336 .