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Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) – Ipsilon Dart
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Agrotis ipsilon – Ipsilon Dart
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) – Ipsilon Dart: Apium graveolens, Daucus carota (Apiaceae), Arachis hypogaea, Glycine max, Medicago sativa, Phaseolus vulgaris, Trifolium alexandrinum, Vicia faba, Vigna mungo (Fabaceae), Beta vulgaris, Amaranthus tricolor, Amaranthus viridis (Amaranthaceae), Allium cepa (Amaryllidaceae), Asparagus officinalis (Asparagaceae), Avena sativa, Cynodon dactylon, Oryza sativa, Paspalum scrobiculatum, Saccharum officinarum, Triticum, Sorghum , Zea mays (Poaceae), Benincasa hispida, Cucumis sativus, Cucurbita maxima, Cucurbita moschata, Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae), Brassica nigra, Brassica oleracea, Brassica, rapa , Brassica juncea, Lepidium didymum, Raphanus raphanistrum (Brassicaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Lycopersicon esculentum, Capsicum annuum Nicotiana tabacum, Solanum tuberosum, Solanum nigrum (Solanaceae), Cedrus deodara, Pinus kesiya, Picea abies? (Pinaceae), Chenopodium album (Chenopodiaceae), Coffea (Rubiaceae), Colocasia esculenta (Araceae), Convolvulus arvensis, Evolvulus alsinoides, Ipomoea aquatica, Ipomoea batatas, Ipomoea purpurea, Ipomoea quamoclit (Convolvulaceae), Psidium guajava, Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae), Galinsoga parviflora, Helianthus annuus, Lactuca sativa, Lactuca serriola (Asteraceae), Gossypium herbaceum, Gossypium hirsutum (Malvaceae), Linum usitatissimum (Linaceae), Malus domestica, Prunus persica (Rosaceae), Papaver somniferum (Papaveraceae), Portulaca oleracea (Portulacaceae), Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae), Rumex dentatus (Polygonaceae), Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arunachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
References:
- Phalaena ipsilon Hufnagel, 1766. Berlin Magaz. 3: 275.
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1992. Moths of Nepal. Part 1. TINEA. Vol. 13 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. pl.14/4
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 56/2-3.
- Chandra, K., Kumar, V., Singh, N., Raha, A., Sanyal, A.K.2019. Assemblages of Lepidoptera in Indian Himalaya through long term monitoring plots. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 1-457 pp. Pl. 143.18.
- http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-12/noctuinae/noctuinae_1_1.php [accessed 11 February 2021]
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126276-Agrotis-ipsilon
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrotis_ipsilon
- http://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/agrotis-ipsilon [accessed 11 February 2021]
- http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Agrotis_Ipsilon [accessed 11 February 2021]
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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) – Ipsilon Dart. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/357582/Agrotis-ipsilon
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