Agrotis panoplias (Kona Agrotis Noctuid Moth)

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Kona Agrotis Noctuid Moth
(Agrotis panoplias)

family: Noctuidae

known from Hawai'i / Hawai'i Islands, considered extinct

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Kona Agrotis Noctuid Moth
(Agrotis panoplias)

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source:

'Fauna Hawaiiensis; being the land-fauna of the Hawaiian islands. by various authors, 1899-1913. Cambridge [Eng.]: The University press, 1913.

www.biodiversitylibrary.org

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Agrotis panoplias is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, where it was historically recorded in Hawai’i. This species has not been recorded recently and was listed as possibly extinct by the USFWS in 1994. Past and current threats are unknown but may include parasitism by non-native biocontrol agents released to control agricultural pests. If this species remains extant, it is very rare. Because it is a relatively large moth, it is unlikely it would evade collection, regardless of collection effort, unless it is extinct. Therefore, it is likely past declines have decimated this species and if it is still extant it remains in very low numbers. A population size of less than 50 mature individuals can be inferred and this species qualifies as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) under criterion D. Presuming extinction may be premature, as the recent sampling effort in appropriate habitats is unclear.

www.iucnredlist.org/species/188988592/189703162#assessment-information

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

Last recorded 1947.

www.researchgate.net/publication/384487192_Patterns_of_extinction_across_Hawaiian_Lepidoptera_offer_lessons_from_a_diverse_neglected_and_vulnerable_endemic_fauna