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Agrotis alexandriensis

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Agrotis alexandriensis
as desertorum (9b)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agrotis
Species:
A. alexandriensis
Binomial name
Agrotis alexandriensis
Synonyms
  • Rhyacia arens Turati, 1926
  • Rhyacia arens albonitens Krüger, 1933

Agrotis alexandriensis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the coastal dunes and saline deserts along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea from Tunisia to Egypt. It was also recorded from the sand dunes of the Southern Coastal Plain in Israel. A. alexandriensis is grey with the lines and stigmata dark and distinct

Adults are on wing in October, November and/or April depending on the location. There are two generations per year.

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