Agrotis xiphias

As recorded: Agrotis xiphias Meyrick, 1899

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Noctuidae

Collected by: F. G. Howarth & J. W. BeardsleyJohn W. Beardsley →Francis G. Howarth →
Date: June 23, 1976
Locality: Haleakala National Park, Paliku
Record type: Preserved specimen

99 Bishop specimens of Agrotis xiphias · collected 1894–1995Species page ›

Collected the same day

On June 23, 1976, F. G. Howarth & J. W. Beardsley also collected 24+ other specimens.

Agrotis xiphias observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1976. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild, most recently on 2022-06-28.

2022-06-28

Hawaiʻi, Hilo, HI, US

(c) Hailey Adler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Agrotis xiphias. BPBM 35540. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 34873616. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/35540.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 34873616 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 26, 2026

Data-quality notes from GBIF

Coordinates recorded as 0, 0

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