Kerr's noctuid moth

Kerr's noctuid moth (Agrotis kerri) is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae.

Kerr's noctuid moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agrotis
Species:
A. kerri
Binomial name
Agrotis kerri
Swezey, 1920
Location of the French Frigate Shoals
Synonyms

Euxoa kerri

This moth is endemic to the French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

The larvae have been recorded on Boerhavia tetrandra and Portulaca oleracea. The caterpillar has a length of about 50 mm when full-grown. It resembles the caterpillar of Agrotis crinigera except that the head is paler and almost entirely pale yellowish testaceous with a slender black line along the paraclypeal suture, where A. crinigera has quite a wide blackish mark. The cervical shield is also paler than that of A. crinigera.

References

  1. Walker, A. & Medeiros, M.J. (2021). "Agrotis kerri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T706A189702955. Retrieved 15 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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