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  Name Heart and Club
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Arthropod a
  Classis Insect a
  Ordo Lepidoptera
  Familia Noctuidae
  Genus '' Agrotis ''
  Species '''''A clavis'''''
  Binomial ''Agrotis clavis''
  Binomial Authority Hufnagel, 1766


The Heart and Club (''Agrotis clavis'') is a Moth of the family Noctuidae . It is distributed throughout Europe .

The common name of this species refers to the supposed shapes of the bold dark Stigma ta on the usually pale forewings. In this species all the stigmata have a rounded shape, contrasting with the elongated claviform stigmata of the much commoner Heart And Dart . The hindwings are grey, usually much darker than in Heart and Dart and Turnip Moth . The Wingspan is 35-40 mm. The moth flies at night in June and July and is attracted to light and sugar.

The Larva feeds on a variety of Herbaceous plants (see list below). The young larva feeds on the leaves of the food plant, later feeding on the roots. It overwinters as a full-grown larva in a cavity in the soil before Pupa ting in the spring.