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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.

Description

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

Subspecies

  • Apamea vultuosa multicolor (Dyar, 1904)
  • Apamea vultuosa vultuosa (Grote, 1875)
  • McLeod, Robin (June 26, 2019). "Species Apamea vultuosa - Airy Apamea - Hodges#9341". BugGuide. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  • "932303.00 – 9341 – Apamea vultuosa – Airy Apamea Moth – (Grote, 1875)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 21, 2020.