Agrotis melanoneura

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black-veined agrotis noctuid moth
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agrotis
Species:
A. melanoneura
Binomial name
Agrotis melanoneura
Meyrick, 1899
Synonyms
  • Euxoa melanoneura
  • Agrotis austaleaMeyrick, 1899
  • Euxoa austalea

Agrotis melanoneura (black-veined agrotis noctuid moth) was a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is now an extinct species.

Before its extinction within the last century, it was endemic to Hawaii, United States. [1]

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