Amphipoea

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Amphipoea
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Amphipoea sp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Apameini
Genus: Amphipoea
Billberg, 1820

Amphipoea is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae, found in the Holarctic realm.

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Species

Former species

Taxonomy

The genus Amphipoea was raised by the Swedish anatomist Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820. Amphipoea refers to Amphi – round and poa – grass; i.e. the habitat of the moths. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ Emmet, A Maitland (1991). The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera. Their History and Meaning. Colchester: Harley Books. p. 213. ISBN   0 946589 28 3.


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