''Apamea robertsoni'' 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 ...

. It was described from

Southern California Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. It includes the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the second most po ...

in 2006.Mustelin, T. (2006)
Taxonomy of southern California Erebidae and Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of twenty one new species.
''Zootaxa'' 1278, 1-47.

References

robertsoni Moths of North America Moths described in 2006 {{Apamea-stub