Agrotis puta, the shuttle-shaped dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1803. It is common in the western part of Europe, but is also found in southern and central Europe, as well as North Africa and the Middle East.

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Shuttle-shaped dart
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Agrotis
Species:	A. puta
Binomial name
Agrotis puta (Hübner, 1803)
Synonyms
Agrotis renitens (Hübner, 1824) Noctua renitens Hübner, 1824 Euxoa renitens (Hübner, 1824) Noctua puta Hübner, [1803] Bombyx radius Haworth, 1803 Euxoa rotroui Rothschild, 1920 Noctua lignosa Godart, 1825 (preocc.) Xylina erythroxylea Treitschke, 1826 Agrotis radiola Stephens, 1829 Aporophyla catalaunensis Milliere, 1873 Agrotis puta var. meridionalis Spuler, 1905 Euxoa andreasi Turati, 1924 Euxoa hoggarti var. minima Turati, 1924 Euxoa silvestrii Turati, 1924

The wingspan is 30–32 mm. Adults are on wing from May to October.

The larvae feed on various low growing plants.

Subspecies

• Agrotis puta puta
• Agrotis puta insula (Isles of Scilly)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Agrotis puta.

• Kimber, Ian. "73.325 BF2092 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta (Hübner, [1803])". UKMoths. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
• Lepiforum e.V.