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).
This moth was one, if not the main species, eaten by the likewise extinct Laysan Millerbird.
Much of the desecration of Laysan and species extinction (such as the extinction of the Laysan Rail and Laysan Millerbird) at the turn of the 20th century was a result of his disastrous ecological mismanagement.
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Many species became extinct in the early 1920s, including the Laysan Rail (which survived on other islands afterwards but soon became extinct there as well), the Laysan Millerbird, and the Laysan Fan Palm.
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