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Family: Noctuidae   Checklist Number: 73.322

Agrotis vestigialis  (Hufnagel, 1766)

Archer's Dart

A common coastal species. The flight period is July to September over machair and sand-dunes. The larvae feed on a wide range of herbaceous plants including bedstraws (Galium spp.)

References: 
Leverton, R. & Cubitt, M. (2024). The Larger Moths of Scotland.
Waring, P. & Townsend, M. (2018 third edition). Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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