Agrotis segetum

TaxID: 47767

Basic Information

Agrotis segetum

Turnip Moth, turnip moth

Agrotis segetum, sometimes known as the turnip moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schifferm ller in 1775. It is a common European species and it is found in Africa and across Eurasia except for the northernmost parts. It is a cutworm in the genus Agrotis, which possibly is the genus that includes the largest number of species of cutworms.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Lepidoptera

Noctuidae

Agrotis

segetum

nan

Photos (2 photos)

Agrotis segetum
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(c) Michał Brzeziński@BY-NC
Agrotis segetum
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(c) Michał Brzeziński@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (9 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Quarantine Status (16 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Angola Quarantine pests —
Argentina Absent 2019
Brazil A1 list 2018
Chile A1 list 2024
Costa Rica Absent —
Dominican Republic Quarantine pests —
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Greece Quarantine pests —
Iraq Quarantine pests —
Moldova Quarantine pests —
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Distribution (105 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

105
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Afghanistan Present —
Angola Present —
Algeria Present —
Andorra Present —
United Arab Emirates Present —
Armenia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
Benin Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_036375495.1 Contig 600 2534 2534 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR13901018 Male antennae adult - 99872541 Sweden: Lund
SRR13901017 Female antennae adult - 68285100 Sweden: Lund
SRR13901016 Ovipositor adult - 59565463 Sweden: Lund

DNA Barcodes (225 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
WFEN8755-25 BOLD:AAC3884 COI-5P 655 United Kingdom 2025-07-25 52.3101, 0.2861
UMAAG128-22 BOLD:AAC3884 COI-5P 655 France 2020-03-26 43.59052, 3.862091
TRLEP021-13 BOLD:AAC3884 COI-5P 620 Turkiye 2009-06-22 36.503, 34.305
TDAOE1228-22 BOLD:AAC3884 COI-5P 658 Austria 2021-06-11 48.214, 16.431
SAPRB9052-23 BOLD:AAC3884 COI-5P 655 South Africa 2022-10-18 -25.739, 28.272
SAPRB7280-22 BOLD:AAC3884 COI-5P 656 South Africa 2022-08-23 -25.739, 28.272
SAHPA7721-23 BOLD:AAC3884 COI-5P 653 South Africa 2022-12-06 -34.348, 18.928
SAHPA6742-23 BOLD:AAC3884 COI-5P 654 South Africa 2022-11-22 -34.348, 18.928
SAHPA6741-23 BOLD:AAC3884 COI-5P 654 South Africa 2022-11-22 -34.348, 18.928
SAHPA6740-23 BOLD:AAC3884 COI-5P 655 South Africa 2022-11-22 -34.348, 18.928
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Literature