This moth was one, if not the main species, eaten by the likewise extinct Laysan Millerbird.
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It was endemic to Laysan Island, one of the Outlying Hawaiian Islands, United States.
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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).