Agrotis obesa is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from south-eastern Europe, the Near East and the Middle East to China. In North Africa, it is known from Morocco to Algeria.

Agrotis obesa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Agrotis
Species:	A. obesa
Binomial name
Agrotis obesa Boisduval, 1829
Synonyms
Agrotis lipara Rambur, 1848 Euxoa obesa Euxoa scytha

Adults are on wing from September to October. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on various low-growing herbaceous plants.

Subspecies

• Agrotis obesa obesa (south-western Europe, Morocco, Algeria)
• Agrotis obesa scytha (Greece to south-western Russia, Turkestan, Caucasus, Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran)

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