Agrotis longidentifera
Species of moth
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Agrotis longidentifera, the brown cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae described by George Hampson in 1903. It is found in eastern and southern Africa and several islands in the Indian Ocean.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Agrotis |
| Species: | A. longidentifera |
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| Agrotis longidentifera (Hampson, 1903) | |
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The adults have a wing length of about 16 mm and the males have largely bipectinate (like a comb on both sides) antennas.
The larvae can cause extensive damage to germinating Zea mays (maize or corn) plants.
