Shuttle-shaped Dart

Agrotis puta · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Noctuidae

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The shuttle-shaped dart is a moth in the Noctuidae family with a wingspan of about 30 to 32 mm. Its larvae eat a variety of low-growing plants.

How to recognize it

Agrotis puta, called the shuttle-shaped dart, belongs to the moth family Noctuidae.

The moth’s wingspan measures roughly 30 to 32 mm.

It is common in western Europe and also occurs in southern and central Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

The caterpillars feed on various low-growing plants.

Adult moths are on the wing from May to October.

Adults are active during the months May through October.

Its range includes western, southern and central Europe, plus North Africa and the Middle East.

Recorded in 1 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Arizona.

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Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

When are shuttle-shaped darts active?

Adults fly from May through October.

What do the larvae eat?

The caterpillars feed on a range of low-growing plants.

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.