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title: "Shuttle-shaped Dart"
description: "Agrotis puta — Insetti e ragni. Agrotis puta, the shuttle-shaped dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/shuttle-shaped-dart
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Shuttle-shaped Dart

> Agrotis puta — Insetti e ragni. Agrotis puta, the shuttle-shaped dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

- Scientific name: *Agrotis puta*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 16222
- Wikidata: [Q1768363](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1768363)
- iNaturalist taxon: [324921](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/324921)

## Names

- en: Shuttle-shaped Dart
- de: Schmalflügelige Erdeule
- fr: Noctuelle des renouées
- nl: Puta-uil

## Countries with the most observations

GB (8152), PT (1259), ES (1143), FR (1058), DE (690), DK (570), BE (382), NL (376), IT (370), GR (70), SE (69), LU (67)

## Summary

Agrotis puta, the shuttle-shaped dart, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1803. It is common in the western part of Europe, but is also found in southern and central Europe, as well as North Africa and the Middle East.

The wingspan is 30–32 mm. Adults are on wing from May to October.
The larvae feed on various low growing plants.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrotis_puta

## Photo

![Shuttle-shaped Dart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/shuttle-shaped-dart/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chris Raper · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/318150824

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/shuttle-shaped-dart?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).