#2458 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Shuttle-shaped Dart
🇳🇱 Puta-uil ·Agrotis puta
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what is it?
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.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 377 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 16,603 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1803 (223 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Shuttle-shaped Dart
- Nederlands
- Puta-uil
- scientific name
- Agrotis puta
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Noctuidae
- sightings in NL
- 377
- sightings in Europe
- 14,554
- sightings worldwide
- 16,603
- GBIF records in NL
- 62,087
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1803 by Jacob Hübner
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#2423 📷 10Flounced Rustic
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#2428 📷 10Lesser Yellow Underwing
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👀 578 in NL
#2429 📷 9Knot Grass Moth
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👀 538 in NL
#2439 📷 10Square-spot Rustic
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#2440 📷 10Flame Shoulder Moth
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 324921, Wikidata Q1768363, GBIF 1770772, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.