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Agrotis puta (Shuttle-shaped Dart)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Potato Cutworm (Agrotis bilitura) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. 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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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Lactuca sativa (Lettuce)[1]
Polygonum aviculare aviculare (prostrate knotweed)[1]
Taraxacum campylodes (Dandelion)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0