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Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Noctuinae (subfamily)/  Noctuini (tribe)/  Agrotina (subtribe)/  Agrotis (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Hufnagel, 1766)
Citation:Phalaena ipsilon
Original genus:Phalaena
Publication:Hufnagel T. 1766. Tabellen von Tag-, Abend-, und Nacht-Vogel der Gegend um Berlin.
Journal:Berlinisches Magazin
Volume:3
Issue:3
Pagination:416
Name(English):Black cutworm
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Agrotis ipsilon (1)
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) unknown Not stated. Germany Germany, near Berlin.
Distribution note:

Australasia: Australia, Fiji, French Southern Territories (Amsterdam Island), New Guinea, New Zealand; Nearctic: Canada, U.S.A.; Neotropical; Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela; Oriental: Pakistan; Palaeararctic: Algeria, Egypt (Sinai), Europe, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Algeria Hoggar and Tassili Rothschild W. 1915a. On the Lepidoptera collected in 1913–1914 by Herr Geyr von Schweppenburg on a journey to the Hoggar Mountains (Sahara). page 250
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Bahrain Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. page 132
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Cabo Verde Santo Antão Traub B. & Bauer E. 1982. Zur Macro-Lepidopteren-Fauna der Kapverdische Inseln. – In: Lobin W., Ergebnisse des 1. Symposiums "Fauna und Flora der Kapverdischen Inseln". page 227
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Chad Tibesti Heppner J. B. 2008. Tibestei: Pleistocene refugium of the Sahara and its Lepidoptera. page 75
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Chad page ISEA
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Comoros Mayotte (Maore) Viette P. 1979b. Noctuelles quadrifides de Madagascar nouvelles ou peu connues, VIII (Lep. Noctuidae). page 170
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Comoros Grande Comore (Ngazidja) Viette P. 1979d. Lépidoptères Noctuidae trifides de l'archipel des Comores. – In: Matile L (ed.) Faune entomologique de l'Archipel des Comores. page 170
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) French Southern Territories Amsterdam Viette P. 1959. Lépidoptères de l'île Amsterdam (récoltes de Patrice Paulian, 1955–1956). page 25
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Gabon Laporte B. 1970a. Lépidoptères capturés par la mission biologique au Gabon. page 180
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 208
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Mauritania Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Aistleitner E. 2010. Noctuidae of Cape Verde Islands (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 60
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Mauritius Rodrigues Viette P. 1957d. Lépidoptères (excepté les Tordeuses et les Géométrides). – In: La Faune entomologique de l'Ile de la Réunion. I. page 185
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Mauritius Viette P. 1957d. Lépidoptères (excepté les Tordeuses et les Géométrides). – In: La Faune entomologique de l'Ile de la Réunion. I. page 185
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Namibia Hacker H. H. 2004b. Nolidae and Noctuidae (excluding Catocalinae: Audeini and Tachosini) (Lepidoptera). – In: Mey, Z. (Ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. page 286
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Oman Wiltshire E. P. 1977b. The scientific results of the Oman flora and fauna survey 1975. Lepidoptera: Part I Families Cossidae, Pyralidae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and Noctuidae. Part II A list of further Lepidoptera-Heterocera from Oman. Part III Pyral... page 168
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Réunion Viette P. 1954e. Etude d'une petite collection de Lépidoptères de La Réunion. page 509
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Ascension Robinson G. S. & Kirke C. M. S. 1990. Lepidoptera of Ascension Island – a review. page 125
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena Karisch T. 2001b. Zur Schmetterlingsfauna von St. Helena. 1. Teil: Grossschmetterlinge (Insecta: Lepidoptera). page 418
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Sao Tome & Principe São Tomé Prout A. E. 1927. A list of Noctuidae with descriptions of new forms collected in the island of São Thomé by T. A. Barns. page 201
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1980a. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Limacodidae, Sesiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Nolidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae. – In: Wittmer & Büttiker (eds.), Fauna of Saudi Arabia 2. page 208
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). page 422
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) South Africa Eastern Cape Hacker H. H. 2019b. Families Nolidae Bruand 1846, Erebidae Leach, 1815, Euteliidae Grote, 1882 and Noctuidae Latreille, (Noctuoidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 484
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) South Africa Western Cape Hacker H. H. 2019b. Families Nolidae Bruand 1846, Erebidae Leach, 1815, Euteliidae Grote, 1882 and Noctuidae Latreille, (Noctuoidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 484
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Sudan Rebel H. & Zerny H. 1917. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der mit Unterstützung der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien aus der Erbschaft Treitl von F. Werner unternommenen zoologischen Expedition nach dem anglo-ägyptischen Sudan (Kordofan), 1914. 1. Lepidoptera. page 429
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) United Arab Emirates Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 6
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Western Sahara Rungs Ch. 1992. Premier aperçu sur la faune des lépidoptères du Sahara occidental. page 376
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Yemen Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Bischof A. 1999. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected by A. Bischof, H. Hacker and H.-P. Schreier in autumn 1996 and B. Müller in summer 1987. page 281
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Zimbabwe page R. Butler
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Brassica sp. Brassicaceae Madagascar Brénière J. 1965. Liste des paraites et prédateurs des principaux insectes nuisibles aux cultures à Madagascar. page 347
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Camellia sinensis Theaceae Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 208
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Gossypium sp. Malvaceae Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 208
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Gossypium sp. Malvaceae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 276
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Medicago sativa Fabaceae Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 208
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Nicotiana tabacum Solanaceae Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 208
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Nicotiana tabacum Solanaceae South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 311
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Solanum tuberosum Solanaceae Madagascar Paulian R. & Viette P. 1956. Essai d'un catalogue biologique des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Tananarive. page 208
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Undefined polyphagous Undefined South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. page 256
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Undefined polyphagous Undefined Fibiger M. & Legrain A. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Noctuoidea. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. page 652
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Zea mays Poaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 184
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Meteorus brevicornis Braconidae Madagascar Brénière J. 1965. Liste des paraites et prédateurs des principaux insectes nuisibles aux cultures à Madagascar. page 347
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Agrotis aneituma Walker, 1865 Walker, 1865 species Synonym Agrotis aneituma
Agrotis aureolum Schaus, 1898 Schaus, 1898 species Synonym Agrotis aureolum
Agrotis bipars Walker, 1857 Walker, 1857 species Synonym Agrotis bipars
Agrotis frivola Wallengren, 1860 Wallengren, 1860 species Synonym Agrotis frivola
Agrotis hirsutumus Sajjad et al., 2020 Sajjad et al., 2020 species Synonym Agrotis hirsutumus
Agrotis idonea (Cramer, 1780) (Cramer, 1780) species Synonym Bombyx idonea
Agrotis pepoli Bertoloni, 1874 Bertoloni, 1874 species Misapplied Agrotis pepoli
Agrotis spinifera (de Villers, 1789) (de Villers, 1789) species Synonym Bombyx spinifera
Agrotis spinula (Donovan, 1801) (Donovan, 1801) species Misapplied Phalaena spinula
Agrotis spinula (Esper, 1786) (Esper, 1786) species Synonym Bombyx spinula
Agrotis suffusa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) species Synonym Noctua suffusa
Agrotis telifera Harris, 1841 Harris, 1841 species Misapplied Agrotis telifera
Agrotis ypsilon (Rottenburg, 1776) (Rottenburg, 1776) species Misapplied Phalaena ypsilon