Agrotis ruta

Agrotis ruta is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae that was first described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1851. It has a Holarctic distribution. In North America it has a northern distribution, occurring from Alaska and the Yukon Territory to Labrador, south to northern Manitoba and British Columbia, and in the Rocky Mountains to southern Alberta. Furthermore, it can be found in the northern Urals, Siberia, Mongolia, China and Japan.

Agrotis ruta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Agrotis
Species:	A. ruta
Binomial name
Agrotis ruta Eversmann, 1851
Synonyms
Xylina ruta Agrotis patula Agrotis septentrionalis Euxoa kurodakeana Feltia subinformis Euxoa patula

Agrotis patula was placed in synonymy with Agrotis ruta by Kononenko et al. in 1989.

The wingspan is 40–46 mm.

External links

• Anweiler, G. G. (2007). "Species Details Agrotis ruta". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 11, 2020.