Agrotis ipsilon

As recorded: Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Noctuidae

Collected by: G. D. Butler
Date: September 1, 1961
Record type: Preserved specimen

168 Bishop specimens of Agrotis ipsilon · collected 1892–1988Species page ›

Collected the same day

On September 1, 1961, G. D. Butler also collected 24+ other specimens.

Agrotis ipsilon observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1961. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 23,700 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-29.

2026-10-29

Dargaville 0310, New Zealand

(c) Lindsay Alexander, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-28

Tanglewood Ave, Auburn, AL, US

(c) Djibo Zanzot, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

2026-10-28

Dennis, NJ, USA

(c) bkfj, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-28

Broadway, Auckland, Auckland, NZ

(c) Robbe Geunes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Chemin de la Chapelle, Hermance, GE, CH

(c) pschmitz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-10-27

Leganés, Madrid, España

(c) Pedro Antonio Lázaro Molinero, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Agrotis ipsilon. BPBM 35409. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 34873371. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/35409.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 34873371 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 26, 2026

Data-quality notes from GBIF

Coordinates recorded as 0, 0

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