Agrotis clavis (Hufnagel, 1766)
(Heart and Club, Heart & Club)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAgrotis clavis (Heart and Club, Heart & Club)
GenusAgrotis (darts)
TribeNoctuini (a tribe of moths)
SubfamilyNOCTUINAE (a subfamily of shuttle moths)
FamilyNOCTUIDAE (shuttle moths)
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Agrotis clavis (Heart and Club, Heart & Club) :
1: Agrotis clavis (Heart and Club, Heart & Club)
18 Jun 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Heath trap 17/18 June 03
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view (2)Image 3: Lateral viewImage 4: Underside
2: Agrotis clavis (Heart and Club, Heart & Club)
13 Jun 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Melanic form in Heath trap 12/13 June 03
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view (2)Image 3: Front viewImage 4: Head and antennae - dorsal view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Townsend, M.C., Clifton, J. & Goodey, B. 2010 British and Irish moths: an illustrated guide to selected difficult species (covering the use of genitalia and other features) 91pp, Butterfly Conservation

Agrotis clavis (Heart and Club, Heart & Club) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Agrotis clavis (Heart and Club, Heart & Club)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Agrotis clavis (Heart and Club, Heart & Club)
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