Agrotis spinifera

Gregson's dart
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agrotis
Species:
A. spinifera
Binomial name
Agrotis spinifera
(Hübner, 1808)
Synonyms
  • Agrotis biconica Kolar, 1844
  • Agrotis biconicus Kolar, 1844
  • Noctua spinifera Hübner, 1808
  • Agrotis spiculifera (Hübner, 1808)
  • Euxoa spinifera

Agrotis spinifera, or Gregson's dart, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1808 and is found in southern Europe, Arabia to southern Africa, Madagascar, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India to Myanmar and Sri Lanka.