''Amphipoea fucosa'', the saltern ear moth, is a

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 ...

of the superfamily

Noctuoidea Noctuoidea is the superfamily of noctuid (Latin "night owl") or "owlet" moths, and has more than 70,000 described species, the largest number of for any Lepidopteran superfamily. Its classification has not yet reached a satisfactory or stable st ...

. It was first described by

Christian Friedrich Freyer Christian Friedrich Freyer (25 August 1794, Wassertrüdingen – 11 November 1885, Augsburg) was a German entomologist mainly interested in Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterfl ...

in 1830 and it is found in Europe. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is 29–35 mm. It resembles the ear moth (''

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 ...

'') but is larger, with the reniform orange red. The moth flies from the beginning of June to the end of September. The larvae feed inside the roots and stems of various grasses.

Similar species

Requiring genitalic examination See Townsend et al.,Martin C. Townsend, Jon Clifton and Brian Goodey (2010)
''British and Irish Moths: An Illustrated Guide to Selected Difficult Species''
(covering the use of genitalia characters and other features) Butterfly Conservation. * ''

Amphipoea lucens ''Amphipoea lucens'', the large ear or large ear moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1845 and it is found in most of Europe. the wingspan is about 30–36 mm. It resembles ''Amph ...

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Amphipoea crinanensis ''Amphipoea crinanensis'', the Crinan ear, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Charles Richard Nelson Burrows in 1908. It is found in Fennoscandia, Ireland, Great Britain, Denmark, Germany, the Baltic region and ...

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* * Taxonomy
''Lepiforum e.V.''
Includes photo of genitalia
''De Vlinderstichting''
Acronictinae Moths described in 1830 Moths of Europe Taxa named by Christian Friedrich Freyer {{Acronictinae-stub