Agrotis fasciata (Rothschild, 1894:539)
Midway noctuid moth, Midway mudworm
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Peridroma fasciata Rothschild, 1894:539
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1908 or before
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Midway Atoll (aka Midway Island/s), Hawaiian Islands, USA
Butler & Usinger (1963) reported this species from Laysan. Whether this record is correct or not, and if so whether it refers to a vagrant or not is not known to the author at present.
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
4 syntypes (all male) are in the BMNH collection (Beccaloni et al. 2003).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Rothschild, Walter. (1894). Some new species of lepidoptera. Novitates Zoologicae 1: 535-540.
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 12 May 2012]
Butler, George D. Jr. (1961). Insects and other arthropods from Laysan Island. Proceedings, Hawaiian Entomological Society 17(3): 379-387.
Butler, George D. Jr. and Usinger, Robert L. (1963). Insects and other invertebrates from Laysan Island. Atoll Research Bulletin 98: 1-30.
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].
Walker, A. & Medeiros, M.J. 2021. Agrotis fasciata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T705A189702927. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T705A189702927.en. Accessed on 08 July 2022.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1996). Agrotis fasciata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 12 May 2012.