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NOTES ON TWO MIGRANT MOTHS FROM THE FAROEISLANDS,
AGROTIS SEGETUM (L.) AND NOCTUA ORBONA (Hfn) (LEPIDOPTERA, NOCTUIDAE)
Fig. 2. The appearance of Agrotis segetum (L.) compared with other migrating noctuids recordedfrom the Faroe
Isles.
Upper row. Agrotis segetum. Left. Male. gen. aest. Denmark. Fyn, Nørresø 14.X.1957. Right. Female. gen. aest.
Denmark. East Jutland, Horsens 20.X.1959.
Middle row. Agrotis ipsilon (Hfn.). Left. Male. Faroe Islands. Kunoy 28.Vlll-4.TX.1996. Right. Female. Faroe
Islands. Kunoy 4-22.IX.1996.
Lower row. Peridroma saucia (Hb.). Left. Male. Faroe Islands. Stóra Dímun. 26.VIII- 3.IX.1994. Right. Female.
Denmark. East Jutland, Glatved 8.X.1964.
Mynd 2. Soleiðis sær Agrostis segetum (L.) út borin saman við aðrar ferðanáttfirvaldar, sum eru skrásettir í
Føroyum.
Ovasta rað: Agrostis segetum. Vinstrumegin. Kalldýr. gen.aest. Danmark. Fyn, Nørresø 14.X.1957.
Høgrumegin. Kvenndýr. gen.aest. Danmark. Eysturjútland, Horsens 20.X.1959.
Miðrað: Agrotis ipsilon (Hfn.). Vinstrumegin. Kalldýr. Føroyar. Kunoy 28.VIII-4.IX.1996.
Høgrumegin. Kvenndýr. Føroyar, Kunoy 4-22.IX.1996.
Niðasta rað: Peridroma saucia (Hb.). Vinstrumegin. Kalldýr. Føroyar. Stóra Dímun. 26.VIII-3.IX.1994.
Høgrumegin. Kvenndýr. Danmark. Eysturjútland, Glatved 8.X.1964.
and in the hindwing a discal spot is present.
Noctua orbona (Hfn.)
During another nightly excursion on 7 July
1997 to an outfield area near Nesvík on
northern Streymoy, SA caught a moth,
which, with its yellow dark-banded hind-
wings, looked much like a small specimen
of the well-known Faroes moth, the Veing-
jagúli (Noctua pronuba). Its forewing,