Habitat
- Dry meadows
35-42 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name
EnglishCrescent Dart
FrançaisNoctuelle farouche
NederlandsZuidelijke worteluil
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Asteraceae Taraxacum officinale Common Dandelion Polygonaceae Polygonum Knotweed
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Noctua trux Hübner, 1824 Agrotis terranea Freyer, 1831 Agrotis obesula Smith, 1888 Agrotis nili Bethune-Baker, 1894 Agrotis euxoides Rothschild, 1920 Agrotis adolfi Corti & Draudt, 1933
- Subspecies
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Species Author Agrotis (A.) trux amasina Staudinger, 1900 Agrotis (A.) trux caboverdensis Traub & Bauer, 1983 Agrotis (A.) trux canarica Bacallado, 1973 Agrotis (A.) trux conclamationis Turati, 1924 Agrotis (A.) trux euxoides (Rothschild, 1920) Agrotis (A.) trux lunigera Stephens, 1829 Agrotis (A.) trux maderensis (Pinker, 1969) Agrotis (A.) trux nili Bethune-Baker, 1894 Agrotis (A.) trux olivina Staudinger, 1900 Agrotis (A.) trux terranea Freyer, 1828 Agrotis (A.) trux trux (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Links
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Language Website Authors
African Moths Roy Goff
Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland Robert Thompson, Brian Nelson
Lepiforum e. V.
UK Moths Ian Kimber
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