Agrotis longidentifera

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]

Agrotis longidentifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Agrotis
Species:	A. longidentifera
Binomial name
Agrotis longidentifera (Hampson, 1903)
Synonyms
Euxoa longidentifera Hampson, 1903 Agrotis microtica (Hampson, 1908) Euxoa microtica Hampson, 1908 Agrotis ranavalo Viette, 1958

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.