Agrotis kerri (Kerr's Cutworm)

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Kerr's Cutworm
(Agrotis kerri)

family: Noctuidae

known from French Frigate Shoals / Hawai'i Islands, extinct (?)

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Agrotis kerri is recorded only from the French Frigate Shoals, in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Based on the limited distribution of this species and the history of habitat loss on the atoll, it is listed as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) under criterion B1ab(iii). The extent of occurrence for this species is 26 km2, which meets the threshold for Critically Endangered under criteria B1. The number of locations is likely one, as the main threat of habitat loss is pervasive across the entire atoll. Continuing decline in quality of habitat has been observed, as invasive predatory ants, which have been known to cause declines in many native moths, are present and storm surges have been known to wipe out entire sandbar islands within the atoll. This species has not been recorded since 1923, although it is unclear whether recent attempts have been made to document the species. Therefore, surveys are necessary to verify whether this species is in fact extinct.

www.iucnredlist.org/species/706/189702955#assessment-information

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explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.109777/Agrotis_kerri

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Patterns of extinction across Hawaiian Lepidoptera offer lessons from a diverse, neglected, and vulnerable endemic fauna.

Last recorded 1927.

www.researchgate.net/publication/384487192_Patterns_of_extinction_across_Hawaiian_Lepidoptera_offer_lessons_from_a_diverse_neglected_and_vulnerable_endemic_fauna