Apamea vultuosa

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Apamea vultuosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Apamea
Species:
A. vultuosa
Binomial name
Apamea vultuosa
Grote, 1875
Synonyms
  • Hadena vultuosa

Apamea vultuosa, the airy apamea, is a moth of the family Noctuidae native to North America.

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Description

Adults are on wing from June to July depending on the location. The larvae feed on grasses in the family Poaceae.

Subspecies


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<i>Apamea lignicolora</i> Species of moth

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