''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
''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 ...
''
(Burrows, 1908)
* ''
Amphipoea cuneata''
Gyulai & Ronkay, 1998
* ''
Amphipoea distincta''
(Warren, 1911)
* ''
Amphipoea erepta
''Amphipoea erepta'' is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.
The MONA or Hodges number for ''Amphipoea erepta'' is 9461.
South of Orchard Beach in Pelham Bay Park, The Bronx in New York Cit ...
''
(Grote, 1881)
* ''
Amphipoea fucosa
''Amphipoea fucosa'', the saltern ear moth, is a moth of the superfamily Noctuoidea. It was first described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1830 and it is found in Europe.
The wingspan is 29–35 mm. It resembles the ear moth (''Amphipoea ...
'' – saltern ear moth
(Freyer, 1830)
* ''
Amphipoea interoceanica
''Amphipoea interoceanica'', the interoceanic ear moth, strawberry cutworm moth or strawberry cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Smith in 1899. It is found from coast to coast in the United States. In Canada from Quebe ...
''
(Smith, 1899)
* ''
Amphipoea keiferi''
(Benjamin, 1935)
* ''
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 ...
''
(Freyer, 1845)
* ''
Amphipoea lunata''
(Smith, 1891)
* ''
Amphipoea malaisei''
(Nordström, 1931)
* ''
Amphipoea maryamae''
Zahiri & Fibiger, 2006
* ''
Amphipoea ochreola''
(Staudinger, 1882)
* ''
Amphipoea oculea''
(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
''Loscopia velata'', the veiled ear moth, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial famil ...
''
(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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