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Agrotis bilitura

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Agrotis bilitura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agrotis
Species:
A. bilitura
Binomial name
Agrotis bilitura
Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
  • Spaelotis cineraria Blanchard, 1852
  • Agrotis deprivata Walker, 1857
  • Agrotis nuda Köhler, 1979

Agrotis bilitura, the potato cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the Tarapacá Region to the Magallanes Region and the Juan Fernández Islands in Chile, Argentina, Huánuco Region in Peru and Uruguay.

The wingspan is 30–43 mm. Adults are on wing from October to November and in January.

The larvae feed on various plants, including beet, artichoke, cotton, beetroot, onion, cauliflower, asparagus, spinach, kidney bean, tobacco, tomato, clovers, carrot, melon, sweet cucumber, beet and cabbage.

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