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Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808)

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Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Noctuinae (subfamily)/  Noctuini (tribe)/  Agrotina (subtribe)/  Agrotis (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Hübner, 1808)
Citation:[Noctua] Spinifera
Original genus:Noctua
Publication:Hübner J. 1796–1838. Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge.
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Pagination:Vol. 4, Noctuae 2; pl. 83, fig. 389
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28070202
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Agrotis spinifera (1)
Taxonomic note:

Thought to be a junior secondary homonym of Phalaena Bombyx spinifera de Villers, 1789.

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) unknown Not stated, lost. Greece, Crete, "Europe".
Distribution note:

Oriental: Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand; Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azores, Canary Islands, China, Egypt (Sinai), Europe (Mediterranean region), Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan.

Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) 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 (as hodnae)
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Bahrain Wiltshire E. P. 1964. The Lepidoptera of Bahrain. page 132
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Burundi page RMCA
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Cabo Verde Santiago 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 spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Chad page ISEA
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga page RMCA
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Djibouti Laporte B. 1977c. Noctuidae (sauf les Plusiinae). – In: Rougeot P. C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1973–1975. Fascicule 1. page 53
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Eritrea Hampson G. F. 1903a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. IV. Noctuidae. page 178
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Eswatini page T. Baron
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Gambia Druce H. 1887. Lepidoptera Heterocera. – In: Moloney A. C., Sketch of the forestry of West Africa with particular reference to its present principal commercial products. page 499 (as spiculifera)
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Kenya Hampson G. F. 1903a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. IV. Noctuidae. page 178
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Lesotho Hampson G. F. 1903a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. IV. Noctuidae. page 178
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Madagascar Viette P. 1963a. Noctuelles trifides de Madagascar: Ecologie, biogéographie et taxonomie (Lep.). page 95
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Mauritania Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Aistleitner E. 2010. Noctuidae of Cape Verde Islands (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 58
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Mozambique Saraiva A. C. 1939. A preliminary list of the insect pests of crops and fruit trees in Portuguese East Africa. page 104
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Namibia Kopij G. 2014. Lepidoptera fauna of Namibia. I. Seasonal distribution of moths of the Koakoland (Mopane) Savanna in Ogongo, northern Namibia. page 126
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Niger Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Aistleitner E. 2010. Noctuidae of Cape Verde Islands (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). page 58
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) 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 spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Saudi Arabia Wiltshire E. P. 1952a. Lepidoptera recently taken in Arabia. page 152
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Senegal Berio E. 1969b. Le Parc National du Niokolo-Koba (Sénégal). Fasc. III. XXIII. Lepidoptera. Noctuidae. page 366
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Somalia Hampson G. F. 1916a. On moths from Somaliland. – In: Poulton E. B., On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. page 104
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) South Africa Limpopo page H. Roland
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) South Africa Eastern Cape Möschler H. B. 1884. Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-fauna des Kaffernlandes. page 294 (as spiculifera)
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Wallengren H. D. J. 1856. Anteckningar I Zoologien. I. Kafferlandets Macrolepidoptera-fauna. page 13 (as spiculifera)
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) South Africa Gauteng Buckle A. S. 1908. Notes on a collection of Lepidoptera from Aden and from the Transvaal. page 10
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Sudan Warren W. & Rothschild W. 1905. Lepidoptera from the Sudan. page 24
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) United Arab Emirates Legrain A. & Wiltshire E. P. 1998. Provisional checklist of the Macro-Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of the UAE. page 6
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Western Sahara Rungs Ch. 1992. Premier aperçu sur la faune des lépidoptères du Sahara occidental. page 376 (as biconica)
Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808) 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 spinifera (Hübner, 1808) Zimbabwe Hampson G. F. 1903a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. IV. Noctuidae. page 178
Plant note:

Roots of Poaceae (see G. F. Hampson 1903a: 179; H. Hacker, H.-P. Schreier & Aistleitner 2010: 58).

Hampson G. F. 1903a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. IV. Noctuidae.
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Agrotis aristifera Guenée, 1852 Guenée, 1852 species Synonym Agrotis aristifera
Agrotis biconica Kollar, 1844 Kollar, 1844 species Synonym Agrotis biconica
Agrotis exigua Kollar, 1844 Kollar, 1844 species Synonym Agrotis exigua
Agrotis ferina Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874 species Synonym Agrotis ferina
Agrotis hodnae Oberthür, 1878 Oberthür, 1878 species Synonym Agrotis hodnae
Agrotis spiculifera Guenée, 1852 Guenée, 1852 species Synonym Agrotis spiculifera
Agrotis spinula (Hübner, 1821) (Hübner, 1821) species Misapplied Tolmia spinula