Apamea digitula

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Apamea digitula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Apamea
Species:
A. digitula
Binomial name
Apamea digitula
Mikkola  [ species ] and Mustelin  [ species ], 2006

Apamea digitula is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was described from the Laguna Mountains of San Diego County, California, [1] in 2006. [2] It is also known from western Oregon. [1]

The moth has a forewing 16–19 millimetres (0.63–0.75 in) long and is generally clay-colored (tan-gray) with areas tinged with red-brown. The living moth may have a greenish cast. There may be tufts on some abdominal segments. The male has beaded antennae. [1]

The moth inhabits various habitat types, including moist grassland, coastal rainforest, oak savanna, disturbed cropland and urban areas, and the hardwood and coniferous forests of the Cascades. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Apamea digitula. Pacific Northwest Moths.
  2. Mustelin, T. (2006). "Taxonomy of southern California Erebidae and Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of twenty one new species" (PDF). Zootaxa . 1278: 1–47. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1278.1.1.