title: Agrotis longidentifera
text: # Agrotis longidentifera
  
  Agrotis longidentifera, the brown cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae described by George Hampson in 1903. It is found in eastern and southern Africa and several islands in the Indian Ocean.
  
  The adults have a wing length of about 16 mm and the males have largely bipectinate (like a comb on both sides) antennas.
  
  The larvae can cause extensive damage to germinating Zea mays (maize or corn) plants.
  
  