''Amphipoea'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
.
Species
* ''
Amphipoea americana''
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 crinanensis''
(Burrows, 1908)
* ''
Amphipoea cuneata''
Gyulai & Ronkay, 1998
* ''
Amphipoea distincta''
(Warren, 1911)
* ''
Amphipoea erepta''
(Grote, 1881)
* ''
Amphipoea fucosa'' – saltern ear moth
(Freyer, 1830)
* ''
Amphipoea interoceanica''
(Smith, 1899)
* ''
Amphipoea keiferi''
(Benjamin, 1935)
* ''
Amphipoea lucens''
(Freyer, 1845)
* ''
Amphipoea lunata''
(Smith, 1891)
* ''
Amphipoea malaisei''
(Nordström, 1931)
* ''
Amphipoea maryamae''
Zahiri & Fibiger, 2006
* ''
Amphipoea ochreola''
(Staudinger, 1882)
* ''
Amphipoea oculea
''Amphipoea oculea'', the ear moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was Species description, first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761 and it is found in most of the Palearctic realm.
The wingspan is 29–34 mm. Forewing pale or dark ...
''
(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)
References
''Amphipoea''at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database* Zahiri, R. & Fibiger, M. (2006) ''Zootaxa'' 1244: 33-39
Acronictinae
Noctuoidea genera
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