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Agrotis longidentifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Agrotis
Species:	A. longidentifera
Binomial name
Agrotis longidentifera (Hampson, 1903)
Synonyms
Euxoa longidentifera Hampson, 1903 Agrotis microtica (Hampson, 1908) Euxoa microtica Hampson, 1908 Agrotis ranavalo Viette, 1958

Agrotis longidentifera, the brown cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae described by George Hampson in 1903. It is found in eastern and southern Africa and several islands in the Indian Ocean.

The adults have a wing length of about 16 mm and the males have largely bipectinate (like a comb on both sides) antennas.

The larvae can cause extensive damage to germinating Zea mays (maize or corn) plants.

References

1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Agrotis longidentifera (Hampson, 1903)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 11, 2017.

External links

• Kopij, Grzegorz (2006). "Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 49B (1–2): 137–180. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
• Kemal, Muhabbet & Koçak, Ahmet Ömer (2007). Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera (PDF). Cesa Publications on African Lepidoptera. Vol. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-19 – via Internet Archive.

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