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Shuttle shaped dart

Agrotis puta (Hübner, 1803)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The shuttle shaped dart (Agrotis puta) is a species in the family Noctuidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the shuttle shaped dart

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest, grassland, human_modified, wetland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)
Generations a year
Two
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the shuttle shaped dart live?

Not recorded

Is the shuttle shaped dart endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the shuttle shaped dart classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNoctuidae
  6. genusAgrotis
  7. SpeciesAgrotis puta (Hübner, 1803)

Synonyms Agrotis agenjoi, Agrotis algerina, Agrotis amartia, Agrotis brunnescens, Agrotis composita, Agrotis confluens, Agrotis cremea, Agrotis debilis, Agrotis erythrosimilis, Agrotis erythroxylea, Agrotis extrema, Agrotis feratra, Agrotis golignosa, Agrotis joannisi, Agrotis junctoides, Agrotis lignosa, Agrotis lignosina, Agrotis marianii, Agrotis masculina, Agrotis monochroma, Agrotis nigra, Agrotis nuda, Agrotis obscura, Agrotis obscurina, Agrotis paupera, Agrotis perfusa, Agrotis pheroa, Agrotis purolimbata, Agrotis radiola, Agrotis radius, Agrotis renitens, Agrotis rotroui, Agrotis semiconfluens, Agrotis subrubra, Agrotis transfixa, Agrotis transiens, Agrotis tricolor, Agrotis tutti, Agrotis umbra, Agrotis uncta, Agrotis unica, Agrotis uniformis, Agrotis venata, Euxoa puta, Noctua puta, Scotia puta

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Shuttle-shaped dartEnglish
  • Dart GwenolaiddWelsh
  • Frønnet landmandDanish
  • soikiokatkoyökkönenFinnish
  • élagueuseFrench
  • dvergjordflyNorwegian Bokmål
  • Puta-uilDutch
  • ovalfläcksjordflySwedish
  • Dartiau GwenolaiddWelsh
  • Noctuelle des Renouées (La)French
  • ovalfläckat jordflySwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the shuttle shaped dart

Other species in the same genus Agrotis.

Heart & dart

Agrotis exclamationis

NoctuidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the shuttle shaped dart?

The shuttle shaped dart (Agrotis puta) belongs to the family Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Shuttle shaped dart (Agrotis puta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/shuttle-shaped-dart

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{shuttle_shaped_dart_2026,
  title = {Shuttle shaped dart (Agrotis puta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/shuttle-shaped-dart},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}