Its name derives from its favorite food, several species of moths of the genus Agrotis (such as the endemic and likewise extinct Agrotis laysanensis) commonly referred to as "millers" (Butler & Usinger, 1963).
It is a cutworm in the genus Agrotis, which possibly is the genus that includes the largest number of species of cutworms.
Agrotis |
Brown cutworm or Pink cutworm (Agrotis munda, syn. Euxoa injuncta) is a noctuid moth.
Agrotis porphyricollis (Variable Cutworm) is a noctuid moth.
The hindwings are whitish (compared with other common Agrotis species the hindwings of this species are usually paler than in Heart and Club but darker than in Turnip Moth).