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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

Agrotis alexandriensis
as desertorum (9b)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Agrotis
Species:	A. alexandriensis
Binomial name
Agrotis alexandriensis Bethune-Baker, 1894
Synonyms
Rhyacia arens Turati, 1926 Rhyacia arens albonitens Krüger, 1933

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

External links

• Noctuinae of Israel

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