''Apamea lignicolora'', the wood-coloured Quaker or wood-coloured apamea, 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 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 ...

. The species was first described by

Achille Guenée Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist. Biography Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun. He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very e ...

in 1852. It is native to North America, where it is distributed across much of Canada and the United States. 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 45 to 50 mm. The

larva A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. The ...

feeds on a various grasses, including

couch grass Couch grass, as a vernacular common name, may refer to: * ''Cynodon dactylon'', known as couch grass in Australia and South Africa, often planted as a turf grass * ''Elymus repens'', known as couch grass in the United Kingdom and North America, of ...

(''Agropyron repens'').

Subspecies

*''Apamea lignicolora lignicolora'' *''Apamea lignicolora quaesita'' ''

Apamea atriclava ''Apamea atriclava'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in parts of North America, including British Columbia. The wingspan is about 43 mm. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of ''Apamea lignicolora ''Apamea ligni ...

'' was formerly considered a subspecies of ''A. lignicolora''.

References

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* * lignicolora Moths of North America Moths described in 1852 Taxa named by Achille Guenée {{Apamea-stub