Laysan Noctuid Moth

Taxobox
name = Laysan Noctuid Moth


status = EX | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Noctuidae
genus = "Agrotis"
species = "A. laysanensis"
binomial = "Agrotis laysanensis"
binomial_authority =
synonyms = The Laysan Noctuid Moth ("Agrotis laysanensis") was a species of moth in the Noctuidae family. It was endemic to the United States. It was one, if not the main species eaten by the likewise extinct Laysan Millerbird. "Agrotis" moths are commonly known as "millers", and the bird was named after its favorite food.

ource

* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/707/all Agrotis laysanensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 31 July 2007.