| Higher taxa: | Noctuidae (family)/ Noctuinae (subfamily)/ Noctuini (tribe)/ Agrotina (subtribe)/ Elegarda (genus)/ | 
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Agrotis | 
| Authorship: | Walker, 1865 | 
| Citation: | Genus Elegarda | 
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Agrotis dorsicinis Walker, 1858. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum: 1701. By subsequent designation by Nye, 1975. In: Nye, Generic Names of Moths of the World 1: 173. | 
| Publication: | Walker F. 1865c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIII.– Supplement Part 3. | 
| Journal: | — | 
| Volume: | 33 | 
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| Pagination: | 712 | 
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38917769 |