Apamea epomidion

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Apamea epomidion
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Apamea
Species:
A. epomidion
Binomial name
Apamea epomidion
(Haworth, 1809)
Synonyms

Apamea charactereaDenis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Noctua epomidionHaworth, 1809
Xylina nuxFreyer, 1842
Xylophasia hepatica(Linnaeus)

Apamea epomidion, the clouded brindle, is a moth of the family Noctuidae, sub-family Hadeninae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found throughout continental Europe, the British Isles, Sweden and Central Asia. [1] [2] It is also found in the Altai Mountains, west Siberia, and in Amur.

Caterpillar Paul Robert Apamea epomidion.jpg
Caterpillar

The wingspan is 40–46 mm. [2] [3] Forewing grey brown or pale liver coloured; inner and outer lines double, obscurely marked; a thick black streak from base below cell, and a more diffuse one obliquely below it above inner margin; claviform stigma small, with black outline; orbicular oblique with brown centre and pale ring; reniform pale, defined only on its inner edge by a brown line with a pale dot at lower end, the cell between them dark brown; submarginal line pale, indented on each fold, preceded by black blotches on costa and on the folds and followed by dark marks on the latter only; hindwing brownish fuscous, paler towards base, with dark cell spot; very frequently the whole forewing is suffused with reddish brown, throwing up the paler transverse markings; this is the form characterea Hbn. - an extreme development of this, with the basal area above the black streak remaining prominently pale is the ab. epomidion Haw.;- alopecuroides Spul., from the Bukowina, denotes a form in which the whole forewing is red-brown, as in the form of rurea F. called alopecurus Esp.; - discrepans Stgr., [Now ssp. of Apamea aquila Donzel, 1837] from the Ussuri, is described as being much darker, the forewings coloured as in gemina Hbn.

The moth flies in June and July.

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Habitat in Ireland

The larvae feed on grasses and other low plants. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Apamea epomidion (Haworth, 1809)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 Gustafsson, Bert (8 February 2011). "Apamea epomidion". Naturhistoriska riksmuseet. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 Kimber, Ian. "73.155 BF2327 Clouded Brindle Apamea epomidion (Haworth, 1809)". UKMoths. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Wikisource:The Moths of the British Isles/Chapter 15#280
  5. ↑ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.


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