Agrotis graslini, or Woods's dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jules Pierre Rambur in 1848. It is known from coastal dunes in the western Mediterranean region. It was found on Jersey in 2001. Further investigations revealed that the species had been present there since at least 1995.

Agrotis graslini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Agrotis
Species:	A. graslini
Binomial name
Agrotis graslini Rambur, 1848
Synonyms
Euxoa graslini Rambur, 1848 Rhyacia atlanta Le Cerf, 1933

The wingspan is 35–40 mm.

Subspecies

• Agrotis graslini graslini (France, Channel Islands)
• Agrotis graslini arenosa (Portugal, Spain)
• Agrotis graslini atlanta (Morocco)

Description from Seitz

Forewing pale ochreous, the veins and costal streak greyish white; stigmata distinct; claviform dark, narrow at base, the pale inner line angled below it; orbicular small, flattened, ochreous with centre dark; reniform dark grey with inner edge pale; the cell dark; hindwing white. Restricted to the west coast of France, where the larva is said to feed on the grasses of the sand-dunes.[1]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Agrotis graslini.

• Woods's Dart at UKMoths
• Lepiforum e.V.