Agrotis lata

Agrotis lata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1835. It is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia,^[1] Portugal and Spain, as well as on Sardinia, Sicily and Malta.^[2] It has also been recorded from Turkey and possibly Syria and Israel.

Agrotis lata
In Adalbert Seitz' Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Agrotis
Species:	A. lata
Binomial name
Agrotis lata Treitschke, [1835]
Synonyms
Agrotis dirempta Staudinger, 1859 Agrotis aflouensis Corti, 1932 Euxoa fulva Turati, 1924 Agrotis castellana Fernández, 1929

The wingspan is 36–44 mm. Adults are on wing in October and November.^[3]

Description from Seitz

Forewing pale ochreous, the veins and costal streak greyish white. The ab. lata Tr. (5a) is darker, greyer without the brown tinge [than crassa Hbn. (= huguenini Ruhl)]. ^[4]