Agrotis laysanensis (Rothschild, 1894)

Laysan noctuid moth

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Prodenia laysanensis Rothschild, 1894 (original combination)

Conservation Status

Extinct (WCMC, 1992:209)

Last record: 1911 (WCMC, 1992:209, 1996b)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

Distribution

Hawaiian Islands, USA

Biology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Rothschild, Walter. (1894). Some new species of lepidoptera. Novitates Zoologicae 1: 535-540.

Other references:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.

World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1996a). Agrotis laysanensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 15 July 2012.

World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1996b. Agrotis laysanensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T707A13069257. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T707A13069257.en. Downloaded on 27 June 2021.

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