Agrotis subterranea
Distribution: tropical and subtropical America.
Type locality: 'Americae Meridionalis'.
Synonyms: Agrotis annexa Treitschke 1825;
Agrotis anteposita Guenee 1852;
Noctua lutescens Blanchard 1852;
Agrotis decernens Walker 1857;
Agrotis interferens Walker 1858;
Agrotis blanchardi Berg 1882;
Xylina lytaea Druce 1889;
Agrotis interposita Maassen 1890;
Euxoa williamsi Schaus 1923.
Source of record: M.J.C.B. collection.
Method of identification: my specimens kindly identified by
Bernard Lalanne-Cassou, Paris. Illustrated in black and white by Kimball (1965)
pl. 11, fig, 17
Notes: the larva is the 'Granulate Cutworm'.
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