Logo
  • United Kingdom
    • View
      • Thumbnails
      • Images
      • List
      • Tree
    • Protected species
    • Latin names
    • Vernacular names
    • Change country
  • Tools
    • Search
    • Compare
      • Species
      • Preparations
    • UTM map
    • Lunar calendar
    • EntomoLabels
      • Home page
      • Export species list
      • Export family list
    • European Moth Nights
    • Records
    • Upload
  • Galleries
    • Species
    • Preparations
    • Users
    • For identification
  • Website
    • Update List
    • Milestones
    • Literature
    • Links
    • Security
    • Privacy
    • Citation
    • Statistics
    • Settings
  • Team
    • Author
    • Contributors
    • Translators

    • Contact
  • User
    • Login
    • Sign
    • English English
    • Polski Polski
    • Slovenčina Slovenčina
  1. United Kingdom
  2. Agrotis (A.) trux
Agrotis trux(Hübner, [1824])
  1. Noctuidae
  2. Noctuinae
  3. Agrotini
  4. Agrotina
  5. Agrotis
  6. Agrotis
  7.  trux
Gallery Records Upload Report error

Habitat

  • Dry meadows

MU
FU

35-42 mm

  • Austria
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Italy
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Russia
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
Regional distr. - legend
Phenogram based on the literature
  • Local names
  • LanguageVernacular name
    EnglishCrescent Dart
    FrançaisNoctuelle farouche
    NederlandsZuidelijke worteluil
  • Primary hostplants
  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    AsteraceaeTaraxacum officinaleCommon Dandelion
    PolygonaceaePolygonumKnotweed
  • Synonyms and other combinations
  • Latin nameAuthor
    Noctua truxHübner, 1824
    Agrotis terraneaFreyer, 1831
    Agrotis obesulaSmith, 1888
    Agrotis niliBethune-Baker, 1894
    Agrotis euxoidesRothschild, 1920
    Agrotis adolfiCorti & Draudt, 1933
  • Subspecies
  • SpeciesAuthor
    Agrotis (A.) trux amasinaStaudinger, 1900
    Agrotis (A.) trux caboverdensisTraub & Bauer, 1983
    Agrotis (A.) trux canaricaBacallado, 1973
    Agrotis (A.) trux conclamationisTurati, 1924
    Agrotis (A.) trux euxoides(Rothschild, 1920)
    Agrotis (A.) trux lunigeraStephens, 1829
    Agrotis (A.) trux maderensis(Pinker, 1969)
    Agrotis (A.) trux niliBethune-Baker, 1894
    Agrotis (A.) trux olivinaStaudinger, 1900
    Agrotis (A.) trux terraneaFreyer, 1828
    Agrotis (A.) trux trux(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Links
  • LanguageWebsiteAuthors
    African MothsRoy Goff
    Butterflies and Moths of Northern IrelandRobert Thompson, Brian Nelson
    Lepiforum e. V.
    UK MothsIan Kimber

The QR code below, when scanned, automatically opens a page with a description of this species. Placing the code on a label under the specimen, on poster or information board in a museum or exhibition will allow for quick and easy display of full information about the species on the smartphone of the interested person.

Adult.

Michael HadjiconstantisCyprus, Γέρι

Adult.

Alain CossonFrance

Adult.

Heiner ZieglerSpain

Adult.

Özgür KoçakTurkey, Karaman
Extinct
Extinct in the wild
Critically endangered
Endangered
Vulnerable
Near Threatened
Least Concern
Lower Risk
Legally protected
CITES
Image
Headquarters:
Okopowa 113/37
91-849 Łódź, Polska
+48 601 283 485
info(at)lepidoptera.eu

Website

  • Security
  • Privacy
  • Citation
  • Milestones
  • Literature
  • Statistics

What's new

Last website update

  • 3 December 2025

Previous website update

  • 3 September 2025

How to Cite a Website

  • 3 September 2025
49.655
Species
3.126
Users
Sign up for our newsletter:
Like Us
on Facebook
© 2025 All Rights Reserved by Christopher Jonko.
iNaturalist