Agrotis ruta
| Agrotis ruta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Agrotis |
| Species: | A. ruta |
| Binomial name | |
| Agrotis ruta Eversmann, 1851 | |
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Agrotis ruta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It has a Holarctic distribution. In North America it has a northern distribution, occurring from Alaska and the Yukon Territory to Labrador, south to Northern Manitoba and British Columbia, and in the Rocky Mountains to southern Alberta. Furthermore, it can be found in the Northern Urals, Siberia, Mongolia, China and Japan.
Agrotis patula was placed in synonymity with Agrotis ruta by Kononenko et al. in 1989.
The wingspan is 40–46 mm.
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