Amphipoea
Encyclopedia
Amphipoea is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family.
Species
- Amphipoea americanaAmphipoea americanaThe American Ear Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from coast to coast in the northern United States and southern Canada, it is also present in the Northwest Territories, south in the west to California, south in the east to GeorgiaThe wingspan is 28–35 mm...
Speyer, 1875 - Amphipoea asiatica (Burrows, 1911)
- Amphipoea aslanbeki Ronkay & Herczig, 1991
- Amphipoea bifurcata Gyulai & Ronkay, 1994
- Amphipoea burrowsi (Chapman, 1912)
- Amphipoea butleri (Leech, 1900)
- Amphipoea chovdica Gyulai, 1989
- Amphipoea cottlei (McDunnough, 1948)
- Amphipoea crinanensisAmphipoea crinanensisThe Crinan Ear is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Fennoscandia, Ireland, Great Britain, Denmark, Germany, the Baltic region and central Russia....
(Burrows, 1908) - Amphipoea cuneata Gyulai & Ronkay, 1998
- Amphipoea distincta (Warren, 1911)
- Amphipoea erepta (Grote, 1881)
- Amphipoea fucosaAmphipoea fucosaThe Saltern Ear Moth is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is 29-35 mm. The moth flies from the beginning of June to the end of September....
– Saltern Ear Moth (Freyer, 1830) - Amphipoea interoceanicaAmphipoea interoceanicaThe Interoceanic Ear Moth, Strawberry Cutworm Moth or Strawberry Cutworm is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from coast to coast. In Canada from Quebec west to Alberta , Nova Scotia, and adjacent parts of United States.The wingspan is 28–35 mm...
(Smith, 1899) - Amphipoea keiferi (Benjamin, 1935)
- Amphipoea lucensAmphipoea lucensThe Large Ear or Large Ear Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of Europe.The wingspan is about 30-36 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September....
(Freyer, 1845) - Amphipoea lunata (Smith, 1891)
- Amphipoea malaisei (Nordström, 1931)
- Amphipoea maryamae Zahiri & Fibiger, 2006
- Amphipoea ochreola (Staudinger, 1882)
- Amphipoea oculeaAmphipoea oculeaThe Ear Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of the Palearctic ecozone.The wingspan is 29–34 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September depending on the location. There is one generation per year....
(Linnaeus, 1761) - Amphipoea pacifica (Smith, 1899)
- Amphipoea rufibrunnea (Heydemann, 1942)
- Amphipoea senilis (Smith, 1892) (syn: Amphipoea flavostigma (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924))
- Amphipoea szabokyi Gyulai & Ronkay, 1990
- Amphipoea ussuriensis (Petersen, 1914)
Former species
- Amphipoea velata is now Loscopia velata (Walker, 1865)