Agrotis crinigera Butler, 1881
Poko noctuid moth, Larger Hawaiian cutworm
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1926
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
"This species is now thought to be extinct since it has not been collected for more than 90 years. It has been recorded from Laysan, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, & Hawaii Islands. It’s common name is larger Hawaiian cutworm (“Poko” mo) and has a C3 endangered status. Zimmerman (1958) lists legumes as it’s host plant as well as Datura. Little is known of it’s current status and it is likely this species will not be rediscovered. I do not believe A. crinigera to be important to the overall health of Laysan unless it can be found again. Searches on the high islands have proved unfruitful."
(Preston, 1998)
Distribution
Hawaii, Kauai, Lanai Laysan, Maui, Molokai and Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
5 syntypes (4 male, 1 female) are in the BMNH collection (Beccaloni et al. 2003).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Butler, Arthur G. (1881). On a Collection of Nocturnal Lepidoptera from the Hawaiian Islands. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 7: 317-333.
Other references:
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A. & Lyal, C. (Eds.). (2003). The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 11 May 2012]
Funasaki, G., Nakahara, L., Beardsley, J. and Ota, A. 1988. A review of biological control introductions in Hawaii: 1890 to 1985. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 28: 105-159.
Gagné, W.C. and Howarth, F.G. 1982. Conservation status of endemic Hawaiian Lepidoptera . Proceedings of the 3rd Congress on European Lepidoptera, pp. 74-85. Cambridge, England.
Haines, W., Giffin, J. and Foote, D. 2004. Rediscovery of five species of Omiodes Guenee (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on Hawai’i Island. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 79: 45-49.
Meyrick, E. 1899. Macrolepidoptera. Fauna Hawaiiensis, Cambridge University Press, London, UK.
Nishida, G.M. 2002. Hawaiian Terrestrial Arthropod Checklist. Fourth Edition. Bishop Museum Technical Report No. 22: 1-313.
Preston, David J. (1998). Recommendations for Laysan Island ecosystem restoration with species considerations toward the arthropods and their associated host plants. Submited to Dr. Marie Morin and Dr. Sheila Conant, April 1998, [Accessed 12 May 2012].
Swezey, O.H. 1909. Army Worms and Cut Worms on Sugar Cane in the Hawaiian Islands. Report of the Work of the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Bulletin No. 7: 1-31.
Szuster, B. and Ghen, G. 2014. Hawaii Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Plan. Hawaii Office of Planning, State of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 1994. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Animal Candidate Review for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species. Federal Register 59(219): 58982-59028.
Walker, A. & Medeiros, M.J. 2021. Agrotis crinigera. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T704A189702899. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T704A189702899.en. Accessed on 08 July 2022.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1996). Agrotis crinigera. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 12 May 2012.
Zimmerman, E.C. 1958. Insects of Hawaii. Macrolepidoptera. 7. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
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