Agrotis laysanensis (Rothschild, 1894)
Laysan noctuid moth, Laysan agrotis noctuid moth
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Prodenia laysanensis Rothschild, 1894 (original combination)
Conservation Status
Missing (Walker & Medeiros, 2021; NatureServe, 2026) or Extinct (WCMC, 1992:209)
Last record: 1911 (WCMC, 1992:209, 1996b; Walker & Medeiros, 2021)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
Laysan, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
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.
Howarth, F. G., Preston, D., Moretzsohn, F. and McShane, M. (2003). Invertebrate survey of Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii. Final Report No. 2003-21 to the Hawaii Biological Survey, Honolulu, Hawaii. 49 pp.
IUCN. (1990). 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
NatureServe. (2026). Agrotis laysanensis: Laysan Agrotis Noctuid Moth. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available at: https://explorer.natureserve.org/ [Accessed on 1 November 2026]
USFWS (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). (1989). Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; animal notice of review. Federal Register 54(4): 554-579.
Walker, A. and Medeiros, M. J. (2021). Agrotis laysanensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T707A189702983. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T707A189702983.en. Accessed on 30 October 2026.
Warren, W. (1912). Noctuidae (of the Indo-Australian Fauna). In: Seitz (ed.), The Macrolepidoptera of the World, Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart.
WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.
WCMC (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.
WCMC (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.
Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Macrolepidoptera. 7. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
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