Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Agrotis consternans
Male 15 mm. Antenna strongly bipectinate. Palpus dark brown. Thorax dark brown. Forewing midbrown with basal, antemedial, and postmedial lines buff edged with black. A broad black streak runs from the reniform through the orbicular spot. Hindwing cream with gray postmedian line and marginal shade. Genitalia as figured. Female 16.5 mm. Similar to male in basic coloration. Costal margin yellowish buff, prominent. Allied to A. bosgi Kohler, A. fasicola Dyar, and A. lutescens Blanchard, the orbicular and reniform spot and the strongly bipectinate male antenna separate this species (Hayes, 1975).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Noctuoidea
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Agrotis
Species
consternans
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isabela, Pinta, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago (Hayes, 1975; Roque, 2006).
- Hayes, A.H. (1975) The larger moths of the Galápagos Islands (Geometroidea: Sphingoidea & Noctuoidea). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., 4th series, 40(7): 145-208.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
- Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Agrotis consternans", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7084. Accessed 1 November 2026.