Agrotis lanzarotensis Rebel, 1894


Agrotis lanzarotensis: Male (e.l. rearing, Spain, Lanzarote, northwest of Nazaret, larva in late Janurary 2020) [S] Agrotis lanzarotensis: Male (e.l. Fuerteventura, 2011) [S] Agrotis lanzarotensis: Male (e.l. Fuerteventura, 2011) [S] Agrotis lanzarotensis: Half-grown larva (Spain, Lanzarote, northwest of Nazaret, late Janurary 2020) [M] Agrotis lanzarotensis: Half-grown larva (Spain, Lanzarote, northwest of Nazaret, late Janurary 2020) [M] Agrotis lanzarotensis: Larva (e.l. rearing, Spain, Lanzarote, northwest of Nazaret, larva in late Janurary 2020) [S] Agrotis lanzarotensis: Larva (Fuerteventura) [S] Agrotis lanzarotensis: Larva (Fuerteventura) [S] Agrotis lanzarotensis: Larva (Fuerteventura) [S] Agrotis lanzarotensis: Female pupa, resulting unfortunately in a crippled adult (e.l. rearing, Spain, Lanzarote, northwest of Nazaret, larva in late Janurary 2020) [S] Agrotis lanzarotensis: Larval habitat (Spain, Lanzarote, northwest of Nazaret, late Janurary 2020) [N]

Host plants:
The larvae are polyphagous on grasses and herbs of the sand dunes.

Habitat:
Agrotis lanzarotensis inhabits sandy areas with dunes.

Life cycle:
The moths occur most often in winter, especially between late October and December. The larvae develop in winter and spring on the sand therophytes. The prepupa aestivates deep in the sand and bridges the arid summer time where no fresh green occurs.

Remarks:
Agrotis lanzarotensis is endemic to the eastern Canaries (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and S-Gran Canaria). At the moment also the populations of the Ilhas Selvagens (Portugal) are considered to belong to that species.



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