Laysan noctuid moth
| Laysan noctuid moth | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Agrotis |
| Species: | †A. laysanensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Agrotis laysanensis (Rothschild, 1894)
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| Laysan in relation to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands | |
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Prodenia laysanensis Rothschild, 1894 | |
The Laysan noctuid moth (Agrotis laysanensis) was a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. This species is now extinct.
It was endemic to Laysan, in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
This moth was one, if not the main species, eaten by the likewise extinct Laysan millerbird. Agrotis moths are commonly known as "millers", and the bird was named after its favorite food.
References[]
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Agrotis laysanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T707A13069257. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T707A13069257.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- Lepidoptera of the Outlying Hawaiian Islands[permanent dead link]
- Atoll Research Bulletin - Specimens collected on Laysan Island
Categories:
- IUCN Red List extinct species
- Agrotis
- Endemic moths of Hawaii
- Extinct Hawaiian animals
- Extinct moths
- Natural history of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
- Extinct insects since 1500
- Moths described in 1894
- Agrotis stubs