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title: "Heart and Dart"
description: "Agrotis exclamationis — Insetos e aranhas. The heart and dart (Agrotis exclamationis) is a moth of the family Noctuidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/heart-and-dart
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Heart and Dart

> Agrotis exclamationis — Insetos e aranhas. The heart and dart (Agrotis exclamationis) is a moth of the family Noctuidae.

- Scientific name: *Agrotis exclamationis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados)
- iNaturalist observations: 34210
- Wikidata: [Q771090](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q771090)
- iNaturalist taxon: [132887](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132887)

## Names

- en: Heart and Dart
- de: Ausrufungszeichen
- fr: Point d'exclamation
- nl: Gewone worteluil
- pl: Rolnica czopówka

## Countries with the most observations

GB (11014), DE (3305), FR (2769), CH (2110), AT (2042), ES (1321), RU (1134), IT (917), HU (881), DK (831), UA (559), PT (448)

## Summary

The heart and dart (Agrotis exclamationis) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. A familiar moth to many, it is considered one of the most common of the European region. It occurs throughout the Palearctic realm from Ireland to Japan.

This is a quite variable species with forewings ranging from pale to dark brown but always recognizable by the distinctively shaped dark stigmata which give it its common name. The wingspan is 35–44 mm. The hindwings are whitish (compared with other common Agrotis species, the hindwings of this…

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

## Photo

![Heart and Dart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/heart-and-dart/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kate Treharne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308140709

## Machine access

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