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title: "Ipsilon Dart Moth"
description: "Agrotis ipsilon — Insetos e aranhas. Agrotis ipsilon, the dark sword-grass, ipsilon dart, black cutworm, greasy cutworm or floodplain cutworm, is a small noctuid moth found worldwide."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/ipsilon-dart-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ipsilon Dart Moth

> Agrotis ipsilon — Insetos e aranhas. Agrotis ipsilon, the dark sword-grass, ipsilon dart, black cutworm, greasy cutworm or floodplain cutworm, is a small noctuid moth found worldwide.

- Scientific name: *Agrotis ipsilon*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados), `farm` (Quinta)
- iNaturalist observations: 34580
- Wikidata: [Q1093329](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1093329)
- iNaturalist taxon: [126276](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126276)

## Names

- en: Ipsilon Dart Moth
- de: Ypsiloneule
- es: Gusano trozador
- fr: Noctuelle baignée
- nl: Grote worteluil
- pl: Rolnica gwoździówka

## Countries with the most observations

US (13195), CA (3573), NZ (2877), FR (1165), ES (968), AU (938), AT (871), GB (871), IT (554), DE (535), CH (438), PT (406)

## Summary

Agrotis ipsilon, the dark sword-grass, ipsilon dart, black cutworm, greasy cutworm or floodplain cutworm, is a small noctuid moth found worldwide. The moth gets its scientific name from black markings on its forewings shaped like the letter "Y" or the Greek letter upsilon. The larvae are known as "cutworms" because they cut plants and other crops. The larvae are serious agricultural pests and feed on nearly all varieties of vegetables and many important grains.
This species is a seasonal migrant that travels north in the spring and south in the fall to escape extreme temperatures in the summer and winter. The migration…

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

## Photo

![Ipsilon Dart Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ipsilon-dart-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brighton Lee · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/320523636

## Machine access

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